Two years ago I printed and sold a calendar of oil paintings. Last year there was no time to paint because of work on the upcoming (Please God, may it be upcoming soon) book The Cabins of Wilsonia. This year I decided to do a calendar painting each month so that when it is time to print […]
Back at the Easels
Did you think all I do is run away to Mineral King? Close, but I finally had time to paint again. This time I decided to risk the messy business of oil painting in the air-conditioned studio, instead of the swamp-cooler “cooled” workshop. They got moved out to the workshop for quicker drying. Of course […]
Mineral King Photos As An Escape
I hit a bit of a bump in the road with the book The Cabins of Wilsonia and I don’t want to talk about it. So let’s put our hands over our ears, shout LALALALA in a loud monotone and run away to Mineral King. These are not in any particular order – I’m just speed […]
Happy Customer
Customer? Client? How about a long time friend who commissioned me to paint for her? Commissioner? Never mind. I delivered “Spring In Three Rivers” to my friend and hung it on the wall where she had planned for it to go. We looked at the pictures around it and knew it wasn’t the best combination. […]
Spring in Three Rivers is a Beautiful Memory
Is that a funny title for a post during the hot time of year? I love spring. It isn’t hot. This painting in progress reminds me of the beautiful season. I’m juicing up (exaggerating) the colors a bit and it is fun. I love dabbing on little specks of different shades of pink. These redbud […]
Spring in Three Rivers Oil Painting Commission
Spring in Three Rivers just might be an appropriate title, although there is little evidence of any river, much less three of them in this picture. But, we are in a canyon that follows the North Fork of the Kaweah, and the presence of sycamore trees indicates a source of water near by. (Can you […]
Another Oil Painting Commission
If you’ve known me for awhile, you may have heard me say that it is all my friends and relatives who buy my work because they feel sorry for me. Another friend used to tell me this: “If your friends and family won’t do business with you, who will?” A long time friend asked me […]
The Cabin Painting Grows
On Wednesday, I left you with this cliff hanger of a picture: This is the next view: And this is how it looked when it was getting a little too dark to see out in the painting workshop. Now it is time to show the customer before I do any more detail work. That large […]
Earning the Big Bucks Painting a Cabin
This is how it looked the last time we discussed the back country cabin in Kings Canyon National Park. “We discussed”? Who is this we? Um, well, me. I thought it looked sort of fakey with just 2 thunderheads. No worries. The sky dried enough that I could add more. And notice the added detail […]
Building a Cabin in Oil Paint
The sky isn’t dry yet, so I went to work on the trees and began on the cabin. Couldn’t wait – I am “cabinart”, after all! These details are going to be FUN!