The quail design had to be repeated, this time higher and to the right. I was on a roll, had this thing figured out! Trail Guy stopped by to see how things were going. His timing was excellent, and he helped me place this design higher on the wall, measuring and leveling. It was too […]
Are All Wall Paintings Murals?
Nope. Some are designs, created for museum displays, by exhibit designers. The Three Rivers History Museum hired a museum designer, an exhibit designer, whatever the title is, to create a Native American exhibit, and they (or is it the Tulare County Historical Society? Or the Mineral King Preservation Society? I should pay more attention!) to […]
Orange Oil Paintings, WHAT SHALL WE CALL THEM?
Obviously, I could use a little help with titles here. “Oranges in a Blue Bowl” is too obvious; maybe I can think of a title that has to do with the fact that orange and blue are complementary colors. This means they are opposite one another on the color wheel—”complementary”, not “complimentary” such as “Oh […]
More Orange Paintings, A Progression
These have more detail and are larger than the 4 small orange paintings I showed you last Friday. That one is almost finished. It could be considered finished, but I don’t think it is as good as it could be. I’ll need to contemplate it for awhile. This one will require quite a bit of […]
Orange Oil Paintings, A Progression
There are a lot of orange paintings to get done, dried, scanned, and distributed to two different places. Let’s go! Four down, two to go. Altogether now, “These will look better after they are dry and always look better in person”.
Redwoods From Start to Finish in Six Photos
Untitled Sequoia trees, 6×12″, oil paint on wrapped canvas, still wet, $125 plus tax.
Spider Webs on the Easels No More
There are actual spider webs on my easels after a summer off. I didn’t take the summer off on purpose; there simply wasn’t any reason to add to inventory. Now there are reasons to paint: the Holiday Bazaar will be November 18, St. Anthony Retreat has requested small paintings to sell in their gift shop, […]
Oil Painting Comparisons
Let’s compare some oil paintings: a 2006 version reworked, a 2010 painted again, and a painting begun to its midpoint. I painted this in 2006; my friend (let’s call him Craig, because that is his name) brought it back to me upon my request. I wanted to rework it so that I wouldn’t feel embarrassed […]
Progressive River Oil Painting
This oil painting of the river is inching forward. Remember this? Here is a day of (interrupted*) painting in steps.