What does an artist do all day? For this artist, every day is different. Yeah, it seems as if all I did all winter was paint, paint, paint. That’s different right now. First, I walked with my neighbor (numb toes, but manageable for 2 miles), then I worked in my herb garden for about an […]
Sold in Spring: 17 Paintings, 3 Pencil Drawings
Sales were slow last year, mostly due to the fact of my three selling locations either being closed or taking a big hit of one sort or another. This spring, things broke loose, opened up, took off. Have a look! (I may have forgotten some, because I fell out of the habit of keeping track.) […]
Just a Regular Work Day
Well, not exactly regular, because it involved gathering paintings from Kaweah Arts and pricing them for the Redbud Festival. But that is all part of the business of art in the life of your Central California Artist. I started 3 new sequoia paintings so that Kaweah Arts has back stock. Then it was time to […]
Redbud Festival Today
Hey, friends. Today was Day One of the two-day Redbud Festival in Three Rivers. This year it has returned to the Lions Roping Arena, a great big outdoor space. There is good signage leading to it, but in case you are wondering, cross the Kaweah on North Fork Drive (just before Sierra Subs), go about […]
Back to Business – The Redbud Festival!
I’ve been telling you about Texas so eagerly that I almost forgot to tell you about the Redbud Festival. It is traditionally on Mother’s Day Weekend. This year it will return to the Lions Roping Arena in Three Rivers. I haven’t participated in a few years, but this time your Central California artist will be […]
Three paintings, two discomforts, and two jobs for Pippin
Three paintings After getting some input from a smart and honest artist friend, I tackled this one again. It is much better, but it needs to hang around for a bit before I decide if it is good enough to sign. This painting of the Honeymoon Cabin has been with me for three years, and […]
So Proud of my Drawing Students
For 30 years, I have been helping people learn to draw. The classes are small: 4-8 people together for an hour per week, each one working on his own work at his own pace. It has become the highlight of my art business, a chance to connect with fabulous people, sharing tips and encouragement with […]
Trying to Paint
I had a morning available to paint but it took awhile to get to it. First, I had to admire Pippin in the window. Next I varnished three paintings, and then had to figure out where to put them. So I went into the studio to see if there were any available hooks. While contemplating […]
A Day of Many Moving Parts
One day I had a bunch of things to juggle, beginning with a “telehealth” appointment. I stared at the landline off and on for 2 hours before giving up.* Rural clinics run by large corporations are bastions of bureaucratic inefficiency and incompetence. I called a friend who knows people and how to get stuff done. […]
Compiling and Amalgamating
Sometimes I see a beautiful scene that just can’t be captured with a single photograph. The light is wrong so the colors come out weird, or there are branches obstructing important views. So, I take as many photos as possible and then put them together in a rough manner using Photoshop Junior. (Photoshop Elements is […]