Today’s post is long, lots of words for a subject I have pondered for over three decades. It might fall into the category of Too Long, Didn’t Read. If talk about art business bores you, please come back tomorrow. If you make it through to the end, you truly are My People. If not, I […]
A Walk on the Lake Bottom
Trail Guy and I went to Lake Kaweah— “The Lake” —for a walk. It was a crystal clear day. Stay tuned! I might do some painting here soon with my friend Krista who needs to do a few examples of plein air painting in order to qualify for a job. Like me she is a […]
Too Much
My first blog post was April 15, 2008. Since then, I’ve posted over 4000 times, and my “media library” has around 19,000 pictures. Tech is continually updating, which is just a euphemism for “complications”. Stuff that used to be easy becomes more difficult. Companies that used to sell products (virtual products in this case) outsource […]
Best Wishes for a Happy 2025
No round-up of the year’s accomplishments, best-of lists, goals for next year—just some photos of another walk in Three Rivers. (Captions are a little bonus for you, or perhaps just an annoyance.) Thank you for continuing with me in this non-eventful, somewhat mundane life as a Central California artist, using pencils, oils and murals to […]
Eleven New Learnings and Odd Thoughts from December
1. Aldi’s paper bag says something about no longer providing plastic bags, which causes me to ask this: Hey Aldi’s, why is all your produce pre-bagged in plastic? 2. To “prate” is to bloviate, to chatter endlessly about inconsequential matters. 3. I learned how to block email addresses of people I’ve never heard of—so many […]
Merry Christmas!
All is Calm
Not much going on in my little world right now. Let’s enjoy some photos. 2025 CALENDARS Calendars available here, $25 each: cabinart.net/store/ SIMPLY HOME SEQUOIAS IN WINTER is sold, but is still hanging at CACHE, 125 South B Street, Exeter, California. Fridays 10-4, Saturdays 11-4, Sundays noon-4. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, IS THE LAST DAY TO […]
A Drive on the Mineral King Road
There was an overcast day in Three Rivers this week. Maybe more than one, but we are only concerned with one of them for purposes of this post. We drove up the Mineral King road, as far as the Conifer gate. (That’s the upper gate, which is below Atwell. Now the gate locks are consistently […]
Some Yardening, Some Walking, Some Drawing
(And I made cookies that morning too.) TODAY OUR POWER WILL BE OUT FOR THE BULK OF THE DAY, SO IF YOU ORDER A CALENDAR, EMAIL ME, OR COMMENT ON THIS POST, YOU WON’T BE GETTING A RESPONSE UNTIL THE EVENING OR TOMORROW. FIRST, 2025 CALENDARS. Available HERE. YARDENING I decided to dig the sweet […]
Eleven Things Learned In November
Today’s post is so long that I’m not showing you a piece from Simply Home*, my show in Exeter at CACHE. But first, an advertisement: 2025 CALENDARS AVAILABLE HERE. 2. My How to Draw presentation at CACHE was great fun. 22 people, one hour, lots of talk, one exercise. People really enjoyed themselves while learning […]