Some friends in real estate in a distant place have occasionally asked me to paint something for a customer after a large sale is made. Client. I think “client” is probably more correct here. Remember these? I wonder if the clients appreciated the paintings. No one has gotten in touch to thank me or ask […]
Oil Painting Some Local Stuff
What word did people use before “stuff” became so ubiquitous? A little more work on these quail made it good enough to sign. More work ahead on this one: The scanner could not do this justice, so I put it in the sunshine and took a photo with my inferior phone camera. And this one […]
Painting Three Rivers in Oil
We last saw this painting of Alta Peak and the Kaweah River (just “Kaweah River” without any identifying titles because here all the forks have come together) looking hopeful, but with much work ahead. It was time, nay, past time to get this done. (So many distractions!) Here you can see how I progress from […]
What This Central Calif. Foothill Artist Does in a Day
Not gonna bore you with mundane details of life, just the productive and mildly interesting aspects that often fill a workday for me. First I met some friends early and we slammed out 4 miles on foot. Sometimes I don’t have anyone to walk with, and so I pick shorter steeper walks. On this particular […]
Tryna Paint | A Few Other Things First
So many parts to my little life: editing, gardening, doing stuff for church. . . but I was ‘posed to be painting. Look! This crape myrtle tree isn’t dead after all! Hey! Why are these iris hiding? This sign will be repurposed, but first Trail Guy had to scrape off old lettering, and then I […]
And Another Little Painting Session
My plan was to get serious about the remaining five Mineral King oil paintings, to focus, finish, and move on. I started with Sawtooth, the 6×6” version that Reader Sharon expressed an interest in. Look at this succession of color mixing. My goal was a light brown, something that might be called “taupe” by the […]
Another Little Painting Session
Suddenly after 2 months of lollygagging, it seems that my life is full of many extracurriculars at the same time that a bit more work has appeared. So, I will squeeze in little sessions of work as I can. First, we had to go down the hill to Big Town. As a passenger, I was […]
About My Cousin—a Quick Roadtrip
This post is almost entirely personal. My oldest cousin died, and his family and friends gathered to remember him. He was almost 12 years old than me. I always looked up to him, my big cousin, sort of intimidating, remote, distant. In spite of not really knowing him, I always loved his wife and felt […]
Better Bit By Bit
Dutch iris are my favorite domestic flowers. I’ve painted them multiple times through the years. Recently, I pulled one out of Kaweah Arts because I thought of a way to make it better. After sprucing it up, I thought you might appreciate seeing all the changes on this painting through the years. First time Better […]
Quick and Cold
The other day I had to go to Visalia (AKA Big Town) for the morning. In the afternoon, there were pressing responsibilities on the computer (scan some things, email them to folks who had requested such things, try a few more adaptations to the cover of the book I am working on (as editor and […]