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Is That All You Did Today??

Why, yes, indeed it is.

Wait, nope, I spent yet another hour on the phone with someone whose main phrase was, “Yes Ma’am”, as she tried to figure out AGAIN why my new phone won’t work. Or wait, is it the new SIM card? Perhaps it is the new provider?

See a pattern here? It is the word “new”.

STOP WITH THE CHANGES AND UPGRADES AND UPDATES ALREADY!!

Okay, where were we. . . oh yes, in the day’s accomplishments and forward progress at the easels.

Neither of these paintings are finished, but they are both much closer than the last time you saw them.

The base of the tree was beginning to look good.
Not good enough yet, but much closer.

That Sequoia is called the Sentinel Tree and it is in front of the building formerly known as the Giant Forest Market. Now it is the Giant Forest Museum.

The difficult thing about this commission wildflower piece is keeping the edges of the poppies slightly blurry so that the brodiaea AKA Blue Dick really jumps out.

I love this kind of detailed realism, even if it does take (almost) all day. And both of these subjects are exactly what one would expect from a Central California artist. All that is missing is some oranges.

Hmmm, I am sort of like country music with my three subjects: redwood trees, poppies, and citrus. (Country music’s three subjects are cheatin’, drinkin’, and storytellin’.)

Wait, I also paint Mineral King, cabins, single oranges, entire groves, the foothills with mountains in the background, various views of the Sierra Nevada, Three Rivers, and whatever else people are interested in hiring me to paint.

Phew. Thought for a moment I was gittin’ real simple-like.

See? I did more than just be on hold and paint. . . I did me some thinkin’. Real high-quality thought.

5 Comments

  1. Jana, you forgot fightin’ and dancin’, big themes in country music. And then there’s the best title, “Get your tongue out of my mouth, I’m kissin’ you goodby!” Lol. Dick Piepenburg, dpiepen@pacbell.net

    • Dick, are you making that title up?? That is outrageous. . . who sings that one? The one that just made me roar is “What Made Milwaukee Famous Made a Loser Out of Me”, but that pales by contrast to yours.

  2. Not all “upgrades” are, especially in the world of electronics!

    • Sharon, if I charged by the hour for the time spent on hold trying to get large companies to actually deliver what they promise, I’d probably be driving a newer vehicle.

      • Tell me about it! And speaking of vehicles, I’ve been trying the DMV to call me back (as promised multiple times) to give me the status of a replacement license plate I ordered and paid for in APRIL!

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