Language is so confusing. “Painting”, a noun (a stretched piece of canvas with a picture depicted in oil paint)? Or “painting”, a verb (the Central California artist at work)? Both. It means both. I’ve been painting and painting and painting. Oil painting. Studio Tour is coming, and people like to see new things. I’ve repainted […]
Mineral King on the Easels
Fridays are sort of for Mineral King on this Central California artist’s blog. Can’t get there right now, although people did drive all the way to the valley a week or 2 ago. However, I have many photos, and Mineral King is probably the heaviest category. As a studio artist, I rely on photos. They […]
Juiced-Up Bridge Painting
My favorite thing to paint is my favorite bridge, the Oak Grove Bridge, also known as the East Fork Bridge. That’s the East Fork of the Kaweah River, 6.5 miles up the Mineral King Road. I paint it and draw it often. It is beautiful, particularly because it is such an architectural surprise on a […]
Poppy Painting Worth 1000 Words
I began a 6×18″ painting of a field of poppies and showed it to you with just one pass over the canvas. Then I went silent. Now I will speak 1000 words worth to you: Poppies #41, 6×18″, oil on wrapped canvas, $150
On and Off the Easels
Now that I have boxes of books in my painting studio, there aren’t as many places to hang wet paintings. So, these remain on the easels until they dry. This is a 6×18″ panorama type painting of poppy fields after one pass on the canvas. Morro Rock is almost dry. It was dry enough to […]
Painting Better Now
Why hasn’t this painting sold? Trail Guy loves it. I thought it was pretty good. Hmmm, let’s study the thing, put it on the easel and get tough. This now has better detail in the mountains and a different and brighter color in the water. Keep painting, Central California Artist. You’ll get it.
Eagle Trail Painting: Before, During and After
Before: During: After? I might keep painting over and over and over. This looks better to me, but once it is dry and hanging in the studio or showing somewhere in public, I won’t know for sure. Also, this isn’t a true and fair comparison because I’m using different cameras. Guess you’ll just […]
I Paint Better Now, Again
A painting called “Eagle Trail” wasn’t sitting right with me. I look at it each time I set up a show or rehang paintings in the studio, and something was just not good enough. I don’t know what is bothering me. So, I just began with the upper-most, furthest away parts. As I was taught […]
I Paint Better Now
Sometimes progress sneaks up on us incrementally. I’ve been oil painting since March 8, 2006 (Yes, I remember the date. It was memorable and remarkable and important.) I pulled out an older painting (haven’t been painting long enough to call anything “old”) that a friend requested. She saw a scratch on the surface, so I […]
Do-Over and other juvenile expressions
When you were a kid, did you sometimes allow do-overs on the playground? You know, you go to serve the volleyball, the class clown belches your name so you drop the ball instead of hitting it, and you get a do-over because it wasn’t fair? I began a painting of pumpkins several years ago. It […]