Since spending hours working on a painting that is too hard for me (i.e. “above my pay grade”), I’ve been thinking about how we handle things in life that are too hard. . . we take them S L O W L Y. I can’t remember when I started this painting. It was many drawings, […]
Navel Season
December is in the midst of navel season. Navels are seedless oranges, known for their great eating rather than for juice. The season has been greatly extended by adding early and late varieties. These are most likely the classic navel, Washington, also known as Old Line. These five oil paintings are also for the ag […]
Olive Harvest
Olive harvest takes place in October. For me, it is NOW, because these oil paintings of olives are FINISHED. Five of these paintings go to an ag realtor who has the good taste and class to give my oil paintings to his clients. Isn’t that brilliant? The sixth goes to a friend who is giving it […]
Secret Oil Painting Workshop Part 2
Why “secret”? Because I don’t advertise and recruit. . . it is an insider thing for my advanced drawing students. I don’t believe I know enough to truly teach anyone how to oil paint. Instead, I view myself as one beggar showing a few other beggars how to find bread. Let’s see how these other […]
Secret Oil Painting Workshop
I’ve been oil painting since March 8, 2006, which doesn’t seem like enough experience to be teaching. However, several of my drawing students have asked me to conduct an oil painting workshop. I began doing this a few years ago, but only for my advanced students. The participants need to understand proportion, perspective, values and my manner […]
Mineral King Oil Paintings For Sale
This week we conclude our little run of things for sale (did you notice the pattern?) with oil paintings of Mineral King. Fridays are for Mineral King, but I haven’t been there since October. Since this is the season when people like to buy stuff, it makes sense to show you the paintings for sale. Please […]
More Kaweah Post Office Oil Paintings
One of my always-have-in-inventory oil painting subjects is the Kaweah Post Office. I had two earlier this fall; one was auctioned on eBay to raise money for the Kaweah Post Office, the second was sold, splitting the profits with the Post Office. A third painting was created as an incentive for a generous man to […]
Olives
I am the daughter of a farmer who grew oranges and olives. Instead of going into farming, I went into art depicting the products of local farming. A friend of mine sells agricultural properties, and he likes to give my paintings to his customers (although he probably calls them “clients”. . . someday maybe I’ll […]
My Favorite Bridge
I have a favorite bridge. I love to draw and paint architecture, and the bridge over the East Fork of the Kaweah River (on the Mineral King Road) is one of the most beautiful architectural structures in Tulare County. Currently it is in jeopardy with 4 alternatives for repairing or replacing it. I don’t want […]
November is the Busiest Month
Happy Birthday, Shirley Goodness! November is the busiest month of the year for my little art business called “Cabinart”. This is a long post and it might make you tired. Better grab some coffee before settling in. Here’s a little sampling for you. Friday a.m. was a meeting with our state assemblyman, Jim Patterson. It […]