. . . it’s yours! Some artists don’t like to do commission work. Maybe they don’t like to eat, either. Or maybe they aren’t very good at understanding what other people want. Maybe they are rebellious adolescents trapped in the bodies of adults. I like commissions. It is a fun challenge to make a visual […]
Committing more Commissions
I painted three pomegranates for a nice lady of impeccable taste that came to my studio during Studio Tour Ten. She asked for one, and I painted three so that she would have choices and I would have more to sell at the Redbud Festival. I also began this sequoia in snow for someone else. […]
Three Rivers Studio Tour 10 is coming
While in this drawdrawdraw mode, it is still necessary to think about other parts of my business. Three Rivers Studio Tour 10 is at the end of March, and people like to buy stuff from the artists. I’m real glad about that. It is helpful if I have things to sell to those fine folks […]
You Know You’re A California Artist When. . . Part 3
It was getting a bit long yesterday so here is the rest of my pencil version of California artist. 5. . . . the houses you draw often have palm trees. 6. . . . sometimes you draw poppies. 7. . . and you keep drawing oranges because everyone likes them. 5×7 reproduction with color […]
Indoor Mural, Day 3
But Wait! There’s More! At the bottom of the staircase mural of Giant Sequoias is an open area with 6 doors leading off of it. Now, each of those 6 doors has its own identity! Behind Door #1 is the library. Over Door #1 is dogwood, carolinus florida, or, as it is known in Three […]
Paintings In Situ
“In situ” is Latin for “in position”. My brain is full of these helpful pieces of information, and I have no earthly idea how they got there. These paintings, however, got to their location with great intentionality. My good friend and neighbor wanted to repaint her kitchen. She wasn’t sure how to pick the color, […]
Images of Home
Better hurry, they’re going fast! I’ve been reading lots of articles on marketing art. Some say to create urgency for greater sales. Hmmmm, sounds pushy. Others say to just be conversational and make friends, and the sales will come. Now that sounds far more natural. Guess I’ll just do what comes naturally to me – […]
Odd Job revisited
I hate to say it but “Here I go again”. The window looked brighter with the paint side toward the wall, but of course it hid the detail of the poppies. Now I am repainting it on the side that will be out. Live and learn, live and learn. (If I’m going to repeat the […]
Odd Jobs
My friend Nadi has just finished painting a window. You can see her fabulous work here: Blue Window 4 I have just begun painting one. Literally, not figuratively. (The subject is California poppies, because, as you know, I am a California artist.) I started it on the wrong side, because messing up is often my […]
Still Painting
Just in case you were wondering, I am continuing to produce oil paintings for my upcoming solo show at the Tulare Historical Museum. The opening will be May 5, a Thursday. May sounds far away, but there are really only about 5 weeks left for painting. Instead of showing you paintings as I complete them, […]