Translation of the title: I started two new paintings, finished one painting, and completed one in a single painting session (called alla prima in ArtSpeak, which means you layer wet upon wet). With a sequoia painting in the queue but not wanting to waste paint in non-sequoia colors on the palette, I chose to begin […]
Drastic Do-over in the Painting Workshop
A friend of mine sells agriculture real estate. When I used to waste time on LinkedIn*, occasionally I’d see a photo of his and ask to paint from it. That’s where I got this painting, Springville Ranch. Apparently, no one else shared my interest in this subject or my happiness with the colors. Bye-bye, Springville […]
Finishing Tasks in the Painting Workshop
The reason I refer to “the painting workshop” instead of “the studio” is because I paint in a different building than where I draw. The drawing studio came first, and when I began oil painting on March 8, 2006, it was imperative to keep that mess away from my pencil drawings. It still is imperative; […]
Sold in Spring
Learned in May? Who had time to learn anything when I was painting like a machine and paintings were selling at warp speed. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. It only felt like warp speed (nope, no idea what that actually means) compared to a s l o w s l o w s […]
Ready for Summer, Professionally Speaking
The store, no, the employees at the Silver City Resort do their best to sell my paintings every summer. Sometimes they are closed due to pandemics, fires, floods, ultra heavy winters, or ruined roads. But we nevah nevah nevah give up. There are about five Mineral King paintings at the Mural Gallery and Gift Shop […]
An Unusual Job in Three Rivers
Some folks in Three Rivers with a horse-breeding ranch asked me to turn their hand-scratched map into a thing of beauty. It doesn’t need to be to-scale, but all the pastures, corrals, gates, arenas, barns, ponds, and various buildings need to be in proper relation to one another. This necessitated a walk around the place, […]
What a Week!
I finally had a couple of hours to put my paintings back after surveying them for the upcoming solo show, “Around Here and Sometimes a Little Farther” in August. Once again, I was so pleased with my little studio where I draw and display art that I took some more photos. A friend/former neighbor was […]
An Old Drawing Reappears
Someone I’ve never met called and actually left a message. I returned the call to learn about someone (Let’s call her AF) who bought an old home and had seen a pencil drawing of the house. The seller was supposed to leave it behind, but took it away. AF had the foresight to take a […]
More Spring in Three Rivers—a Month Late
I wrote this post at the end of March and forgot to publish it. Will any of these photos translate into paintings? Maybe. No decisions yet. Just grabbing beauty when it is available. The Lake isn’t actually in Three Rivers. The upper end is close; the dam end is closer to Lemon Cove. The lake […]
Working Toward a Solo Show
In August, “Around Here and Sometimes a Little Farther” will open in Tulare at the Tulare Historical Museum’s Heritage Gallery. What is this? So glad you asked! It is another solo show of my art. Pieces have sold since the show last fall in Exeter at CACHE, new pieces have been painted, and it is […]