Commissions are a challenge. They are a main component of the business of art, so unless you like a good challenge, you may want to rethink a career as an artist in a rural place like Three Rivers. Back about 6 years ago, a man asked me to draw his parents house in pencil. No […]
Random Comments About the Business of Art
This list of comments was started just after Mother’s Day weekend, when I was recovering from the Redbud Festival. Now that I read them after a snowy Memorial Day weekend, I’m slightly climatically confused. Just sayin’ (which is the popular vernacular that means “I talk to hear the sound of my own opinions”) It is […]
6 Answers to Where Do You Sell Your Work?
In addition to my studio, website, and at various shows, I sell my work in 6 places in Tulare County. Each one has its own hours, style and personality. (The area code is 559 for all these places.) The Mural Gallery is a little Exeter gallery showing and selling the work of the mural artists. […]
Private Studio Tour
For nine years my studio was also a gallery, open to the public in downtown Exeter. When I closed that space and built a studio at home, people weren’t sure when or how to see my work. The answer – – – By appointment! Just call or email and we can set a time. You […]
2012 Redbud Festival
The Redbud Festival will be Saturday and Sunday, May 12-13 at the Lions Roping Arena in Three Rivers. Saturday is 10-5, Sunday is 10-4. Redbud Festival is named after this flowering tree which grows wild in Three Rivers. It blooms in March, so the name of the Festival doesn’t correspond with nature. However, it does […]
Four Things Artists Don’t Explain
Maybe they don’t explain these things because they don’t know. Maybe they don’t explain because there are too many conflicting opinions. Maybe they don’t want new painters to know the secret information. Maybe they think that no one cares, or everybody already knows. Whatever the reason, there are many things I’ve wondered about in the […]
Signed, Sealed, Delivered. . .
. . . it’s yours! Some artists don’t like to do commission work. Maybe they don’t like to eat, either. Or maybe they aren’t very good at understanding what other people want. Maybe they are rebellious adolescents trapped in the bodies of adults. I like commissions. It is a fun challenge to make a visual […]
Peeking into the painting studio and eavesdropping on conversations
Um, would you paint something just for me? You betcha! I’d be happy to paint something for you! What did you have in mind? How about a pomegranate? How about 3 of them? Then you can decide which one you like best. Would you ever be willing to paint a sequoia in the snow, say, […]
Odd Jobs
Oh-oh, here comes that interviewer again. Hey California Artist, what are those? They are Giant Sequoias, aka Big Trees, or for those Rangers out there, they are Redwoods. Yes, I can see that, but that doesn’t look like canvas to me on that easel. Me either. So what is it? Redwood. Those are redwoods on […]
Jana-of-all-trades or Master of One?
This piece is called “Less Traveled”. I believe in taking the less traveled road, which is one of the reasons I am not on Facebook. I read blogs – art blogs, business blogs, marketing blogs, inspirational blogs, knitting blogs, humor blogs, travel blogs, writing blogs and art marketing blogs. The writers of these blogs are […]