Beach Birds, pencil, size forgotten, sold If you are a Central California artist, you may occasionally have times when: taking inventory is boring; ordering packaging supplies for notecards that aren’t moving very quickly feels like a waste of money, planning for paintings when one’s current body of work is collecting dust feels futile, writing blog posts is difficult […]
What’s a Central California Artist to Do?
Sometimes I feel like quitting. Have you ever noticed that what one must do just holds no interest? For example, if my job was yardwork, I’d be dying to paint. My job is painting, so I’m dying to do some yardening. What causes this?? A lingering rebellion from adolescence? A streak of stubbornness? The thing called […]
Studio Tour Preview Exhibit
The Arts Consortium in Visalia is sponsoring the South Valley Artists’ Studio Tour. For the first time, Three Rivers artists have been invited to participate. (Long story, probably not worthy of a blog post.) There will be a preview exhibit of works from participating artists (ME! I’m one of them!!). ARTS VISALIA GALLERY 214 East […]
Does Art Have A Purpose?
This is a reprint of an article that I wrote for LinkedIn. Mineral King Trail, 11 x 14″, oil on wrapped canvas, $175 In the art world, one can always find a discussion about the purpose of art. Is it to decorate? To enhance? To inspire? Or, is its purpose to disrupt, to cause one […]
Stocking Stuffer Recap
“Recap”? What does that really mean? Just another piece of slang that we all accept, like “wrap up”. Sometimes I think I am losing my ability to speak real words, hence “do-over” “yucky” and “funner” in a recent post. But, I digress. The Stocking Stuffer Boutique went well. Six of us shared a vacant business […]
While I Wait
This post was written on December 8. As the arrival of the book The Cabins of Wilsonia gets closer, my anxiety mounts. This is due to several factors: the printer hasn’t been very forthcoming with information, and the closer to Christmas it gets, the more difficult I know it will be to get it signed, sealed […]
Special Interruptive Post
Please excuse me for bombarding you with 2 posts in one day. There are two pieces of news that cannot wait: The book printer notified me that the book binder will be shipping the books (The Cabins of Wilsonia) to me on Friday. That means they get loaded onto pallets and into a truck on Friday […]
A List of Art-Business Items
I’ve told you that I love lists. Here is an updated list of art related items, matters of consequence taking place in this business of art called Cabinart. The printer still cannot tell me when The Cabins of Wilsonia will be shipped to me. This means I cannot tell you when I will ship it to you. All […]
2015 Calendar Reminder
The 2015 calendars titled “Beautiful Tulare County” with my current best paintings that fit the format (can you say “run on sentence”??) are available. $15 each, including tax and mailing If you don’t use Paypal, you can mail a check to Cabinart at P.O. Box 311, Three Rivers, CA 93271. US only, with […]
5 Things in the Life of a Central California Artist
Aren’t lists helpful? Back in the olden days (the 1970s), I was working some dumb boring job. At the end of some days, I got to see my best friend who was in college in the same town. I’d trudge through the day, doing my mindless boring job, and every time I thought of something […]