A Painting is Happening

Kind of terrible looking with only one layer! Terrible, but with hope. When all this new background dries, I’ll start on the large sycamore tree.

Peculiar Sights, #10

Yesterday Michael and I took a stroll down to the bridge to see the river. It was peaceful, not too slimy and slow for October. But wait! What is that?? Someone has been stacking rocks! Now that is a peculiar way to spend one’s time. Good thing I got the photo yesterday, because this morning […]

Happy Centennial, Kaweah P.O.!

The party was well attended. Very well attended! Here is one area – isn’t that the cutest little building with the grandest oak tree? I only brought art with Three Rivers as the subject. Almost everything Kaweah Post Office sold. The stick is where the mailbag hangs so the horse-riding mail carrier can grab it […]

Kaweah Post Office

This charming landmark up the North Fork of the Kaweah is probably the most photographed, drawn and painted building in the Three Rivers area! The Post Office began service in 1890, but the building itself is 100 years old this year. On October 23, there will be a 10K run and 5K walk at the […]

Studio Tour

Since the show at the Creative Center ended, First Saturday September is over, and the show at Lodgepole didn’t happen, my studio looks full and good! Thought you all might like a peek inside:   I sure can cram a lot of items into an 11×14 square foot room! Incidentally, if you would like to […]

Peculiar sights #9

One day I was just speeding along my walk, minding my own beeswax, trying to keep up the pace, and WHAM! I threw on the brakes and went marching up to the kitchen window of some friends’ house because I recognized my own paintings! Just kind of surprised me – like unexpectedly seeing the face […]

A year of co-op school

If you are in your 40s or 50s, you probably keep noticing that amazing phenomenon of how quickly time flies. An entire year has passed with almost every Thursday spent at The Art Co-op. I learned a few new things, and one is that an art co-operative isn’t the right place for me.  Another thing learned […]

Dancing Feet on eBay!

  Sierra Swinney is 15 years old and has lived in Three Rivers her entire life. Ballet seems like an odd obsession for someone who loves to backpack with her dad in the local mountains, but Sierra has been dancing since she was four and dreams of becoming a professional ballerina. She has been accepted […]