His Other Car Reason #2: I make art because I feel compelled to do so. When I was a child, I would get this overwhelming urge to make something. “Mom, I feel like making something.” She probably dreaded those words. She’d send me to Highlights to find a project. We NEVER had the materials, even […]
Why I Make Art
This is the first in a series. Reason #1: My art freezes a beautiful moment of time. The camera is my best friend, because my visual memory isn’t photographic and my techniques in drawing and painting are slow, slow, slow. When I see something beautiful, I feel compelled to capture it, to relive it, to […]
A California Artist Explores Tulare County
There are 4863 square miles in Tulare County. Really! I read it on the internet, so it must be correct, right? Although a great deal of it is un-roaded mountains, there are many roads to explore. And, there are roads to re-explore, because I forget stuff. This summer I’ve made 4 trips to Kings Canyon […]
Rhyme Time
Fat Cat Bum Thumb Hot Spot Fair Pair Sweet Treat Beat Feet Neat Feat fish wish bridge smidge knit wit
List of unrelated thoughts with one semi-related piece of art
K1 Green, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50 I see only one movie in a theater a year. It has to do with the time, the distance, and my pickiness high level of discernment. This year’s movie was The Help. I would gladly see it again. It is the best movie I’ve seen in longer […]
Arbitrary Alliterations, part 2
Kaweah Kitty (fearless feline) Friend’s Fruits Food Fiend (Killer Kitty) Wrecked Wrist (Spica Splint) Gopher Getter (Precious Perkins)
Arbitrary Alliterations
With thanks to The Pioneer Woman for the idea. . . Critter Catcher Possible Painting Cottage Collage Cute Cabin Sad Shack Stunning Sequoia (Possible Painting!) General Grant (Gigantea!) Bridge Brotherhood Orange Orange Knitting Knut
11 Reasons to Buy Art
Buckeye Bridge, 16×12″, oil on wrapped canvas, $250 Tulare County is poor. We have high unemployment, even in better times. We aren’t very educated, and people buy inexpensive posters and cheap prints for their homes and offices. But not everyone. . . I have been earning my living with art, a full-time occupation, a business […]
Summer fun – 13 things I live by
Thank you to Cheryl Barker of Cheryl’s R&R blog for this idea. Today in the interest of summer fun, here is a list for you about me, the only subject in which I am really an expert. If it isn’t chocolate, it isn’t worth the calories. (Milk chocolate is for children, and chocolate is never […]