Four Little Poppies

“Four Little Poppies” sounds like the title of a book I loved as a kid called “Five Little Peppers (and How They Grew). It’s sort of a given that a California artist would paint California poppies. This little 4×4” oil painting of poppies needed something more, so I added blue. It wasn’t enough, so I […]

Scanned and Ready!

Here are my latest oil paintings of Central California fruits and landscapes, dry, signed, dry again, scanned, varnished and ready to sell! To buy any of these paintings, use the contact button under About The Artist in the menu bar above.

Crazy talk?

Shows are coming this month, I’m painting with hyper-focus, and there is some crazy talk going around. With the shows coming this month, these little oil paintings are almost ready to be sold. They are finished, signed and drying. When dry, I will scan, varnish and then price them. Five down, 8 or 9 to […]

Yes, I Still Oil Paint

Thanks for asking. Were you wondering if all I do is fund-raise, read and tile? I squoze a little painting in. Thirteen little paintings, actually. There are shows in November, craft fairs and bazaars and boutiques, all requiring that I have things to sell.   Not finished. Finished, not signed, Finished, not signed, and too […]

Turning Leaves

A few years ago I began painting autumn leaves. Because I often couldn’t decide which way they looked best, I would turn them around and around as I decided which end to put the hanger on and where to sign. “Turning Leaves” seemed to be the perfect title for the subject. Sometimes I just amaze […]

Three Rivers is Bear Country

One afternoon I was painting in the workshop. Trail Guy stopped his work on the house to rest a bit. What am I working on? Another Kaweah Post Office, because it is my policy to always have one ready to go. Pomegranates because they are beautiful to paint and sell well. Trail Guy reported a […]

Kaweah Post Offices

The eBay painting went to a very happy lady! Chuck’s painting progressed quickly. This is a photograph of it while it was drying. Hang on, Chuck, it’s coming soon! My Favorite Customer bought this painting and I split the sale with the Kaweah Post Office fund. Several friends gave cash toward the project. Some of […]

Spare Canvas, Stray Fruit

Oops. Yesterday’s “Fruity” blog post had an UFO – unidentified object. It was a pear. You probably knew that. But, I showed you a hint of it in progress and then left the more observant reader wondering why I was ignoring it. When I special ordered those thick canvases for the commissioned oil paintings of […]

Fruity

Remember seeing these commissioned oil paintings in progress? The customer was very happy and asked for more! Remember these three commissioned oil paintings? This customer was also very happy and asked for more! Here they are in their infancy. And here they are finished: detailed to the nth degree, signed, scanned, and now with varnish […]