I took three photos of these paintings so you could see the improvement, or was it so I could have something to say on the blog today? The former. I always have something to say. (Have you noticed this?) And since I am outside, let us enjoy the yellow leaves. I am so thankful we […]
Updates
In the world of computers, “update” is a euphemism for “complication”. (Never mind what “upgrade” means – it is a word made up in the 21st century to confound all sensible people.) In my world, “update” means recent information on unfinished or unreported business. The Wildflowers of Mineral King: Common Names will not be published by […]
The Perfect Gift Boutique
For the past 20 years or so, I’ve been part of a group called the Kaweah Artisans. We put on a little boutique-sale-show-event each year on the Friday and Saturday following Thanksgiving. We’ve been at the Three Rivers Arts Center for many years, but this year we will be somewhere else in Three Rivers. THE […]
Lucky on Amazon?
On Friday’s post I said that the only way to get a copy of The Cabins of Mineral King, by Jane Coughran and me, published by Cabinart Books in 1998, is to get lucky on eBay or on Amazon. Then I decided to look for myself. Nothing on eBay, and this is what was on Amazon. […]
A Sore Subject
A drawing student of mine recounted a conversation she had with an elderly artist from here in Tulare County. She told him she was taking oil painting lessons from someone in the area, and the old artist said, “That’s not creative – that’s just copying”. Ow. That struck a nerve with me. What is or […]
What is an Art Administrator?
I’m not sure what an art administrator is, but that is what I seem to be about once a week, or sometimes once every two weeks. Look at this list of tasks: Package up a painting to send, find the receipt book, see if a deposit was made, update the receipt, make a self-addressed stamped […]
Another Harvest Festival Round-up
“Harvest Festival” is a popular name for an arts and craft show in the fall. I have been in 2 this year, and will soon be in a 3rd Harvest Festival which is more of a carnival (not as an artist this time – I’ll probably be making popcorn.) The most recent was at a […]
Better to Laugh Than to Cry
Recently, Trail Guy was in my studio and took the 2018 calendar off the wall so we could do some planning. The 2019 was hanging behind it and fell on the floor. He said, “Hey, you have a typo in your calendar!” How can that be?? I used a template from the printer for the […]
Preparing for a Show
As a Central Calif. artist in a rural place without galleries, I rely on little art festivals, craft fairs, boutiques and other events to meet the public and sell my work. It is lovely to hide away at home in my studio, but people will forget about me and my work, no one will want […]
Summer Sales, Part Two
Did you forget that I was showing you the Mineral King oil paintings that sold in Silver City over the summer? Here is the other half: As before, the sizes shown here are a little whacky in terms of how they are relative to one another. I was shocked by the stellar rise of the […]