“Old and Improved” is a bit more accurate than “New and Improved”. If something is new, how can it be an improvement?? Here are three more paintings that I have made better than before. In the time since I first painted these, I have gotten better at painting. (“Better” means “better in my opinion”.) This […]
Before and After, New and Improved
As I study some of my paintings and live with them, I see ways to make them better. So, I touch them up to improve them. Just another peek into the work of a Tulare County artist, bumbling along here in Central California. Sometimes you just can’t tell on a computer screen because they photographed […]
Polishing up a Few Paintings
As I plan for the solo show at CACHE in autumn, there are a handful of paintings that I want to improve. Finesse. Polish. Tweak. Pick your word. I love this scene! It’s one of the earlier pieces of my obsession with orange groves, foothills, and snow-covered peaks, titled “Tulare County’s Best”. Why hasn’t it […]
Almost Finished, Finished and Begun
I mentioned a few days ago that there were just a few details remaining to finish three oil paintings of Tulare County’s prettiest places. The painting factory at my address is up and running at a steady speed.
Silos and the Sierra
A few weeks ago, I went to Tulare. As usual, I chose back roads. There were orchards in bloom, greenery everywhere, and snow on the Sierra Nevada. There is often snow there but it isn’t always so visible from the flatlands. (Smog comes down the Altamont Pass from the Bay Area and collects in the […]
Drawing With My Paintbrush
We left off with this painting of a fabulous view from a special place in Tulare County at this stage. Everything remaining to finish falls under the category of Drawing With My Paintbrush. Whether drawing or painting, I often turn things upside down in order to see the shapes accurately. If things are right side […]
Sharon’s Suggestion
When I showed my two orchard paintings, Sharon, a real life friend and most active blog commenter, suggested I paint a stonefruit orchard in full spring color. I told her that those orchards just aren’t in my normal routes. Then, I went to Fresno for a day. The plums (white blossoms) were finished blooming, but […]
While the Deer Were Grazing. . .
. . . I was actually painting. The canvas was finally covered, with good detail in the rock faces. (Not real faces—it is just the way to clarify that I am talking about vertical rocks rather than basic boulders.) I didn’t try to match the scene line for line or space for space. It already […]
Six Oil Paintings at Five Stages
I have oil paintings at every stage right now. All depict Tulare County places, because that is where your Central California artist resides. She is a Tulare County artist, perhaps more accurately known as a “regionalist from Quaintsville”. Finished, scanned, ready to show and sell: Finished, changed my mind, made it better, now drying again: […]
A Good Painting Day
What makes a good painting day? So glad you asked. It is a day where I make visible progress on paintings, the kind of progress that makes me like the pieces I am working on, and the kind of progress that brings me closer to putting the paintings on the DONE list of Tulare County’s […]