What party? Glad you asked! The party of one and sometimes two—goofing off, yardening, exploring, and basically not producing any art. When we got home from exploring up South Fork, there was a serious distraction. Our neighbor’s beagle followed her nose and found her way to our cat feeding area in the workshop (same room […]
Working Toward a Solo Show
In August, “Around Here and Sometimes a Little Farther” will open in Tulare at the Tulare Historical Museum’s Heritage Gallery. What is this? So glad you asked! It is another solo show of my art. Pieces have sold since the show last fall in Exeter at CACHE, new pieces have been painted, and it is […]
More About Business with a Friend
Two of my friend’s new paintings were just right on her wall. The third didn’t fit. She took me up on my offer to exchange, so I put 3 new paintings in the pick-em-up truck (because Fernando is under the weather) and headed to her house. This is the one she sent back. Choices are […]
Doing Business with a Friend*
This post is lots of jibber-jabber before the photos, but without the gab, you might wonder why these photos are here. A longtime (not going to say “old”) friend expressed an interest in a couple of my paintings. I brought them to her so she could see how they looked on a recently refurbished wall […]
Forget Watercolors; Where are my Oil Paints?
The last painting of a lemon sold the day I took it to the gallery*, so I painted another one. This is Lemons on the Tree IV, 6×6”, $75. It needs a few blossoms. Now it is time to start painting Mineral King subjects to sell at Silver City this summer. This is Sawtooth #64, […]
Sunrise Over the Kaweah River
Remember this messy beginning? After finishing the new little paintings to sell in local galleries and gift shops, I returned to this 16×20” painting, which felt like a mural after those 6×6” canvases. There was another painting session between the photo above and the next one. I didn’t take any photos because sometimes I just […]
Because Business Picked Up …
… it is time to produce more paintings. These are the standard small ones that sell steadily to visitors to Three Rivers and Exeter, where my three main selling locations are, Kaweah Arts, Stem & Stone, and the Mural Gallery and Gift Shop. (Because that lemon sold so quickly at the Mural Gallery, I have […]
Business Picks up in April—Sold
In the 30+ years I’ve been earning a living with art, I’ve seen that business usually picks up in April. This year is no exception. When paintings sell to people passing through town, I replace those with similar paintings. Lots of sequoia trees (AKA “redwoods” or “big trees”), oranges, lemons, pomegranates, and poppies. I’d rather […]
Working at the Mural Gallery
The Mural Gallery and Gift Shop in Exeter has been selling my work for many years. It used to only be for artists who had painted murals in Exeter. Eventually we were all old, moved away, didn’t produce smaller pieces, or dead. (Of that list, I am only sort of old—thanks for asking.) Now it […]
Begun, Finished, Improved
Begun These oil paintings have their first layer down. Finished These paintings are dry, scanned, and delivered to their stores. (And in the category of Wishful Thinking, perhaps they are sold.) Improved These paintings have some minor items added to make them a smidge better.