A new art co-operative gallery will open in Visalia on November 1, 2010. The address is 209 W. Main Street and there are 23 very fine artists participating. It is a privilege to be showing with these folks, some of whom I have known for many years. Our plan is to be open in November […]
Random Thursday
Today I am a bit overwhelmed by the amount of work in my face. I think list might help me (you can eavesdrop): 1. Price the work for Saturday’s Kaweah Post Office Celebration 2. Remove it from the screens and pack it into boxes. 3. Sign all the newly completed 6×6″ paintings 4. Photograph them. […]
Miles of Canvas
According to my records, I have painted about 460 canvases and boards since beginning oil on March 8, 2006. (“About 460” is because sometimes I mis-number pieces or do something that doesn’t get into the inventory because that bookkeeping kind of thing doesn’t really float my boat.) If you follow my blog, you have probably […]
Work in Progress
Have you noticed that www.cabinart.net no longer works as a website? Maren and I have been redesigning it for awhile, mostly in our heads and in conversation, to reflect my current art, which is now primarily oil paintings. Yes, I still draw in pencil and teach people how to draw in pencil. But, now I call […]
Cranking them out!
One of the best things that ever happens to working artists is receiving a check in the mail for paintings sold, especially when one has forgotten about said paintings! I sent 6 paintings of beachy things to Lady Spencer in Cayucos, California. Gina is an old friend from Exeter, and her store is full of lovely items […]
How to be an (professional) artist in Tulare County
That is the title of the talk (“lecture”) that I gave yesterday at the Creative Center in Visalia. The three items are: 1. Love the place; 2. Be flexible and 3. Never quit. The turnout was small, (I think “intimate” is the word used for such things) and I knew all but 3 people. After […]
The life of a busy artist
Look at what I did yesterday: painted the mural took paintings to the Mural Gallery looked at a mural that will need some repair – climbed onto the scaffolding and took reference photos of it got home and unloaded the mural stuff from the car, carried things out to the studio and other things to […]
Redbud Festival Review
The Arts Alliance of Three Rivers did an outstanding job of organizing, publicizing and managing the Redbud this year! The music was just right, the booth size was generous, the signs leading the public in were visible and consistent in color and design, the vendors had high quality products, the food choices were plentiful, the parking […]
Redbud Festival
It is today, Saturday, May 8 and tomorrow, Sunday, May 9. Saturday’s hours are 10-5, Sunday’s hours are 10-4. Lion’s Roping Arena – up 198 to Three Rivers, cross the North Fork Bridge, go about 2 miles and turn right. Turn at the first left and follow to the arena. Park in the lower parking […]
Growth, part eight (Getting big)
Back when the mural project began in 1996, I had no intention of learning to paint. There was a vague distant dream with no tangible plan for getting there. The dream was painting a mural in Exeter of Mineral King but much had to be learned first. So, learning to paint with oil, getting better […]