Sierra Wonders is a beautiful book of art, photos, essays and poetry about the southern Sierra Nevada. It was compiled and published by the Arts Alliance of Three Rivers, and edited by my friend Karen Kimball. It is full of work by people I know, and it is truly beautiful! Nadi Spencer’s art is on […]
Stocking Stuffer Boutique
12/18/13 – CALENDARS SOLD OUT! 12/11/13 – THREE left Now there are 4 calendars – 12/10/13 ONLY 8 CALENDARS REMAINING ON 12/9/13! Calendar Update – there are only 25 remaining and when they are gone, they are gone. First come, first served – no payee, no sendee. A little history: There is an ever-changing association […]
THANKFUL
For more things than I can take the time to list (or you want to read), I am deeply thankful. Kaweah River in Autumn, Three Rivers
A Bazaar With Knitting, Calendars, Tees, and a Mineral King Box
That is a bizarre title; please be impressed with the way I incorporated Mineral King into a Friday post. (Tahoe is postponed until next week.) Would you like to see some of the things I will have at tomorrow’s bazaar? Great, glad you asked. The lavender purse is spoken for – please forgive me for […]
Drawing and Knitting??
The annual Senior League Bazaar will be on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at the Three Rivers Memorial Building, from 9 – 4. What does this have to do with drawing and knitting, you ask. (Yes, I can hear your thoughts from time to time – keep them sweet!) Because this year is dedicated to finishing […]
The Kaweah Post Office Goes to New Jersey
Remember I was struggling with finding the oomph to paint this? Once I got to the finishing details, I wanted to paint and paint and paint some more. I finally stopped so the nice lady with my favorite name in New Jersey could get her painting. Elizabeth looked through my photos and chose this view […]
The California Artist Finds Her Big Girl Pants
I got serious about working on this commissioned oil painting of the Kaweah Post Office in Three Rivers for a nice (and hopefully patient) lady from New Jersey. Now, this is more like it. layers, details, contrast, texture. It needs to dry so I can paint the words on the signs – KAWEAH, POST OFFICE. […]
Kaweah Post Office and Big Girl Pants
Dabbling, thinking it might be good to finish this before it gets hot again when I’d rather be in the drawing studio with its A/C unit instead of in the painting studio with its swamp cooler. Dabbling, deciding, doodling. . . Has anything even changed from yesterday? Get going – drink some coffee or eat […]
Painting the Kaweah Post Office Again
Commissions are good! They mean I get to paint something that has a definite buyer. They are the opposite of speculation painting. Contractors build “spec houses”. It means they build a house like the Field of Dreams philosophy, in anticipation of a buyer. (“Spec” is short for speculation, not specifications.) Very few artists admit to […]
A Lavender Painting
This is a view of my friend Barbara’s French Lavender in Three Rivers. Livingston Lavender Farms, named after her grandmother who built the home, will be open soon for you to come harvest lavender. June 15? More will be revealed. Imagine a blank journal with lines inside and this painting on the cover for around […]