What would I do without my little Canon Elph camera?? It is a walking California artist’s dream gadget! Take a look at another gorgeous spring walk in Three Rivers.
A Walk To Remember
Sometimes I can’t believe how lucky I am to live in such a gorgeous place as Three Rivers. As a California artist, how could I possibly want any better location??
Tote Bag!
This is the Mother of All Totebags. I could carry paintings in it, lots of knitting, perhaps my entire yarn stash, or say, 5 or 6 watermelons. I’m posing in Fig Garden Village in Fresno, and I’m surprised people weren’t flocking to me to ask where I got such a fabulous oil painting totebag. Surely […]
Salvage Job
Looks like the ripped painting is in luck of becoming a great tote bag! For someone who seriously dislikes to sew, it is a puzzlement as to why I have these perfect fabrics on hand for the job. From left to right: lining, sides/bottom/handle/pocket, lining for handle and pocket, bag back. Isn’t this just remarkable?? […]
Salvage Job
Remember the painting accident a few weeks ago? (Oops, on February 16) I’m trying to salvage things. Here are 3 items that I am getting as a result: I’m using the canvas frame and some canvas from Mr. Stroben to stretch a new canvas. So far it has involved carefully removing the ruined canvas, finding […]
A California Artist
Call me “Butter” – I’m on a roll! Here is more information about being a California artist. (Are you tired of this subject yet??) Michael and I took a walk a few days ago. It was a gorgeous spring day, although it was still technically winter. Here are some photos to show you what inspires […]
California Artist, just once more
This is Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It is in Tulare County, California. I paint this. I paint this frequently. In fact, this might be my most popular subject to paint. That makes me a California artist, right? This is a Sequoia Gigantea, AKA redwood. They grow in Sequoia […]
California Artist, continued
Just in case there might be any doubt, I thought I’d continue to prove my case that I am indeed a California artist. I am an artist, I live in California, and this is my regular subject matter: We grow oranges in California, particularly in Tulare County. I paint oranges, oh yes! And, I’ve been […]
South Fork
Maybe March is my favorite month instead of February. It is so green and the redbud are in bloom, along with lupine, poppies and a great variety of other wildflowers. Michael and I drove up South Fork Road, which follows the South Fork of the Kaweah River (hence, the name). Something that always just twists […]
What you want to see
After I got over the thrill of drawing what was really in front of my eyes, I began to want to make better pictures. Real life is messy; artists get to clean it up. It takes practice to draw what isn’t really there, to make up a tree that you didn’t see, to show the […]