Not talking audibly to myself anymore, decisions made, work begun on the oil painting commission of Homer’s Nose with the Oak Grove Bridge. Madame Customer stopped by my studio to retrieve her photos and saw the scary version. She made another change to our plan, and I was eager to try it. Her suggestion was […]
Getting Started
The commissioned oil painting combining two Tulare County scenes feels like a mini-mural. 18×24″ is HUGE when I am accustomed to 8×10″ or 6×18″. Often I have pondered why it is that a mural feels sort of easy because of its large size when a large oil painting feels daunting. Is it the number of […]
Further Figuring Out
This is Chapter Two in the story of figuring out how to design one commissioned oil painting of two different Tulare County landmarks. As a Tulare County artist, I am pleased to have been chosen for the task. The customer requested a different view of Homer’s Nose, and I have 5 photos from that point […]
Figuring Things Out
Isn’t “figuring things out” a strange grouping of words? But we all know what that means. . . puzzling over something, trial and error, plan A and plan B, lots of conversation. . . A long time friend asked me to do an oil painting of two significant Tulare County landmarks in her life. This […]
Tiptoeing Along on Several Oil Paintings
Why tiptoeing? Because it feels slow and careful at this stage, like I am just feeling my way along, trying to be as careful as possible. First up, Sawtooth, the commissioned oil painting. Second, rebuild the Kaweah Post Office, also a commissioned oil painting. Third, plant some grasses. (Oil paint grasses, not fescue or bermuda […]
April Distractions in Three Rivers
I tried to oil paint last Friday but the greenery and wildflowers overcame my sense of duty. So, Trail Guy and I drove up North Fork Drive to the end. The road was longer, rougher, narrower than I remembered and all very worth the drive. After we got back home, I painted a little bit […]
Starting Over Again With Sawtooth
All those paintings of Sawtooth completed over the past several months, and someone wants a different size? Yep. No problem. I am an artist, and artists make art. Here are the beginning steps of the commissioned oil painting of Sawtooth: Wow, it is time-consuming and interruptive to photograph the steps in this much detail. But, […]
Kaweah Post Office Oil Paintings
Every time an oil painting of the Kaweah Post Office sells, I paint it again. That’s a lot of oil paintings of the Kaweah Post Office. But wait! There’s more! Come back tomorrow and see the second set of seven.
Growing a Poinsettia
Someone bought some cards of a poinsettia painting that I did about 8 or 9 years ago. (It looked fine as a 4×6″ image, back when I was first learning to paint. Be polite, okay?) She liked it so much that she asked me to paint the same picture for her as an 8×10″ oil […]
December Oranges
Did you know that navel oranges are harvested in December? If you are from Tulare County where the world’s best (and most) navel oranges are grown, you probably knew that. My grandfather and dad were both orange growers. I am an orange painter. A friend/neighbor called to say that her sister-in-law wanted an oil painting […]