Do you know why I write this blog? It is because I want to remind us all that there is beauty here in Tulare County. Sometimes I have to put myself out into that beauty and even take my Big Girl Camera with me to get great photos so I can do my job of […]
A Spring Walk in Three Rivers
Happy Birthday, Mom! On Easter Sunday in the afternoon, Trail Guy and I took another spring walk in Three Rivers. Let’s skip the chit-chat and look at the pictures. This is the view up toward Case Mountain. Here is Alta Peak with its elephant and Moro Rock. Fiesta flowers The flume above Dinely Drive; forgive […]
Spring in Three Rivers, continued
Sometimes it feels as if Spring in Three Rivers lasts for about 20 minutes. This feeling causes me to not want to leave the area, not even to go to Exeter for a day to teach people how to draw, which is something I love to do. With apologies to the writer of the song […]
List from a (BUSY!) Central California artist
Today’s post is full of unrelated items, all of which are important. I have a profession filled with variety, all challenging, fulfilling, and fun. This calls for a list: Tonight I will be demonstrating pencil drawing for the Tulare Palette Club. The drawings for my upcoming coloring book are FINISHED! I have edited a novel! […]
Something New Coming Soon
Something new is coming soon to Cabinart. This calls for an interview with Cabinart’s very own Jana Botkin. Why do people say “very own” in front of someone’s name? Because they like to fill the airwaves! Ahem. Let’s get on with the interview. Interviewer: What is Cabinart? (very own) Artist: The NAME of my ART […]
Sequoia Trees and Navel Oranges
Sequoia trees and navel oranges are specialties of Central California, right here in Tulare County where I live and work as an artist (and now as an editor too). So, I paint Sequoia trees and navel oranges. Often. When these are dry, I’ll scan them and put them on my website for sale. Maybe I’ll […]
More Poppy Peeping
This poppy peeping trip was up North Fork Drive out of Three Rivers. It was with one friend in a Mustang convertible that her Mom bought on her 88th Christmas. (No, my friend isn’t 88 – it was her Mom who was 88). It was a great top-down day, and sometimes I just stood on […]
Finishing the murals
Did you think I was going to leave you hanging as to how the Tanzania mural looked? Customer called to say the cape buffalo needed about 1/2 hour of work. I was relieved to hear from him, because my final day working on them was without his expertise. I’ve never seen those animals, except in […]
Poppy Peeping
When the poppies are out, there is no time to be wasted! Get out and see them, now! 2008 was a spectacular poppy year for all the foothills in Central California, and it was a source of great inspiration to this Central California artist. 2016 is looking almost as good. A few friends and I […]
Spring in Three Rivers at Kaweah Lake
This is my favorite photo of the whole day. This is one of 3 types of lupine we saw at Kaweah Lake. This is another type – bush lupine. Some sort of clover was very abundant and quite fragrant. This road made me wonder how Three Rivers might be today had Terminus Dam not been […]