A pair of friends backpacked from Mineral King to Crescent Meadow. Michael (my husband) brought their van down to Three Rivers, and I drove up to Giant Forest to pick them up 6 days later. Much has changed in Sequoia National Park over the past 10 or 15 years. I followed Clueless Clive from Illinois […]
List of Random Subjects
Not For Sale. Pencil on Paper. Approximately 5×7″. Currently Untitled. Today is a list of thoughts for my regular readers. Irregular readers may peek too. (Take that any way you wish.) Congratulations to Sophie, Leslie, and Kim on winning a prize. They were the first 3 folks to subscribe by email via a new gadget […]
Why I Make Art, A Postscript
Wow, the word “postscript” has 5 consonants in a row. Today’s post is borrowed from Jon Acuff, who borrowed from Steven Pressfield. I’m not sure of the exact etiquette of this borrowing business but think it is okay if credit and links are provided. This was so timely and so in line with my thoughts […]
Why I Make Art, #6
This is the final posting of this series, Why I Make Art. READER WARNING: I will talk about God in this so if it bores/irritates/offends you, skip this post. I am made in the image of the Creator. He, the Ultimate Creator, created me to be like Him, which includes the desire to create. (No, […]
Why I make art, #4
Reason #4: It shows off Tulare County. My art provides a way to share beautiful places and moments of time with others. This is a natural thing – aren’t you just dying to tell someone or show someone or lend a book or see a movie with someone else? Me too. (You should have seen […]
Why I Make Art, #3
Reason #3: I make art because it is my job. (Duh, hunh?) Some people make art because they feel like it or because they can; I make art because if I don’t, there is nothing to sell. Being an artist is a great way to earn a living, even if it is not always easy, […]
Why I Make Art, #2
His Other Car Reason #2: I make art because I feel compelled to do so. When I was a child, I would get this overwhelming urge to make something. “Mom, I feel like making something.” She probably dreaded those words. She’d send me to Highlights to find a project. We NEVER had the materials, even […]
Why I Make Art
This is the first in a series. Reason #1: My art freezes a beautiful moment of time. The camera is my best friend, because my visual memory isn’t photographic and my techniques in drawing and painting are slow, slow, slow. When I see something beautiful, I feel compelled to capture it, to relive it, to […]
Sharing
Late Summer, Early Morning – sold When you look on the left side of my blog, you see something called Blogs I Follow. If you put your mouse over the list and just wait, a description appears. If you right click on one, you get the option to open in another tab. The list is […]
A California Artist Explores Tulare County
There are 4863 square miles in Tulare County. Really! I read it on the internet, so it must be correct, right? Although a great deal of it is un-roaded mountains, there are many roads to explore. And, there are roads to re-explore, because I forget stuff. This summer I’ve made 4 trips to Kings Canyon […]