Reimer’s Candies and Ice Cream is a destination and a landmark in Three Rivers, California. It is now on its fourth owner in my lifetime, and it is just as busy as ever, just as popular, just as magnetic. I drew it for the second owners, people with the name of Reimer, who bought it […]
Painting Another Sequoia Panel (+ an Infomercial)
The panel isn’t made out of sequoia wood; the panel is made out of ?? wood, and I am painting a sequoia tree on it. Sequoia gigantea is the official name for the redwood trees in Sequoia National Park, not the redwoods of northern California, called Sequoia sempervirens. Those are tall; ours are thick. Two […]
Eureka! Part 2
The carpenter brought ”Aunt Em’s” completed stained glass window to the house to install it. More decisions: facing the garden or facing the laundry room? Hang inside or outside? Trail Guy and I had both thought that outside made the most sense. Not sure why, but since we were in agreement, it felt like the […]
Eureka! (I have found it)
WARNING: LONG STORY When I was a child, “Aunt Em” lived next door to my Great Aunt Mary in Three Rivers. She was a retired teacher, a “spinster” in the vernacular of the day, probably a bit eccentric. She had designed her own home and filled it with antiques. When we were allowed to visit […]
Animal Thoughts
A city guy on his podcast went on and on about how much he loves animals. Too bad I couldn’t invite him over, because he could experience animals here in Three Rivers, in my yard and in my house. At least we don’t have any snakes right now. HOWEVER, some guests at a vacation rental […]
REMEMBER
“Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, ‘What should be the reward of such sacrifices?’ … If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands, which […]
Random Unrelated Thoughts On Three Topics
Consolation Prize In talking with a friend recently, the connectedness of knowing people wherever I go came up. I told her that it was a consolation prize for living in the same county where I grew up. Reunion Thoughts As I was talking with one of those people that I encountered from my past (Redwood […]
In the Think Tank and Other Work Thoughts
Sort of Working Having finished the oil painting commission, priced paintings and cards to sell at Silver City, all this while believing that I have finished enough paintings for the entire summer (possibly delusional about that), it was time to consider how to next spend my work time. I pulled weeds at church (not work), […]
The Business of Art | Many words today
This might take more time to read than you want to spend. You also might not find it interesting. You can skip it today—I’ll still be your friend. In thinking about all the distractions and how long it has been since I last painted, I realized several things, the most glaring that. . . . […]
Painting Three Rivers in Oil
We last saw this painting of Alta Peak and the Kaweah River (just “Kaweah River” without any identifying titles because here all the forks have come together) looking hopeful, but with much work ahead. It was time, nay, past time to get this done. (So many distractions!) Here you can see how I progress from […]