I forgot to warn Trail Guy that there was a bear in the workshop and thus, it startled him. The cats were fine with it. He had some spots—bird droppings? dust on his feet? —that I really noticed when I set him on the table to begin painting. Since these customers (very close friends, actually) […]
SOLD in Summer 2026
Every so often I need to see what has sold, or I begin to drift into thinking that I am irrelevant, semi-retired, on the edge of obsolescence, and possibly about to go under. Entirely realistic, as you can see. Not. You’ve seen several (many?) of these in progress, after they were finished and scanned or […]
How to Comment on This Blog
In addition to my tech battles, the power was off for a day at home in Three Rivers. When it was restored, something weird happened in my studio. I went to Gilroy to spend time with a dear friend of 40 years. We are astonishingly compatible, and the time together erased much of my irritation […]
Taking a Blog Rest
In an attempt to fix the subscription feature on this blog, I spent almost an entire day doing the phone hustle, the robot runaround, the giant corporation calisthenics, being batted back and forth between the blog host company and the platform developers, none of whom (except the robots) spoke English as their first language. (“I’m […]
Fixing Someone Else’s Work
Doesn’t that sound arrogant? While helping my friend set up her grandpa’s house as a vacation rental, we encountered a barn painting that made us both groan. It had no signature, so I offered to take it home and give it a makeover. I was practically itching to tackle this, to put it out of […]
Trying to Explain the Inexplicable
Our internet is working again. The three-day crash coincided with my blog having some mysterious troubles. It will take awhile for me to untangle this and make it work for you. Many of you subscribe to my blog. (THANK YOU!) Many of my subscribers don’t understand that you can go to the internet, to cabinart.net, […]
River, lake, sequoia tree, river, lake, sequoia tree, river. . .
With the exception of Jeff’s Garden (a commissioned oil painting) and painting a giant sequoia on a wooden panel, I have not painted this summer. This was planned, not accidental. The swamp cooler in the workshopo is loud, fairly inadequate for our summer heat, and has been springing leaks all summer. Kaweah Arts, a great […]
Fast or Good?
My drawing students are used to me telling them, “You can be fast or you can be good; I get to be both.” The braggadocio recently got tested. Someone had an art emergency, and gave me about 5 drawing days to complete a commissioned pencil drawing. There were more calendar days than just five, but […]
Four Reasons that Selling Art Makes Me Happy
Now let’s look at the pieces that have sold in the last several months, at Kaweah Arts, Stem & Stone, Exeter’s Mural Gallery, the Silver City Store, and through my website and people I know. Three disclaimers: Thank you for sharing in my happiness, and remember: USING PENCILS, OIL PAINT, AND MURALS, I MAKE ART […]
Two in the Wild
A faraway friend got a thrill and texted me about it. She was in the downtown area of her town, went into a gift shop, and was floored to see two pencil drawings of Mineral King. Upon recognizing them, she took some photos and texted me. These were reproduction prints which used to be my […]