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 […]
More Easel Time
Remember the commissioned oil painting of Sawtooth? I do, really, I do. Please don’t worry, DV! It was a rainy overcast day, and by the time I got to the Sawtooth part of the painting, the light was too poor to mix colors accurately. That wasn’t very important on the first layer, but it is […]
Easel Time, Take Two
I think that “take two” is movie talk. Since I only see a movie in a theater about once every two or three years, this is only hearsay. But we are here today to have a look at easel time, because I really did plant my feet in front of the easel. Several patient people […]
Kaweah Post Office Oil Paintings 2
Thank you for returning to see the next set of seven Kaweah Post Office oil paintings. Shall we commence our tour of the growth of my painting skills through the capitalistic exploitation of an innocent elderly landmark? (That would have cracked my Dad up – is anyone else out there laughing along?) And thus we […]
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.
About the Kaweah Post Office
The Kaweah Post Office is about 3 miles up North Fork Drive in Three Rivers, California. For awhile it was known as the smallest operating post office in the USA. Now it is operated in a weird little way; the woman who owns the building goes to the Three Rivers Post Office to collect the […]
Field Trip or Procrastination?
While working on the umpteenth pencil drawing of the Kaweah Post Office, I was struck by how stupid it is to guess at what is around and behind the little building. Why am I struggling with an incomplete photograph when all I have to do is drive about 4 or 5 miles and see the […]
More Kaweah Post Office Oil Paintings
One of my always-have-in-inventory oil painting subjects is the Kaweah Post Office. I had two earlier this fall; one was auctioned on eBay to raise money for the Kaweah Post Office, the second was sold, splitting the profits with the Post Office. A third painting was created as an incentive for a generous man to […]
Kaweah Post Offices
The eBay painting went to a very happy lady! Chuck’s painting progressed quickly. This is a photograph of it while it was drying. Hang on, Chuck, it’s coming soon! My Favorite Customer bought this painting and I split the sale with the Kaweah Post Office fund. Several friends gave cash toward the project. Some of […]
Kaweah Post Office – Sad and Good
It took a few weeks to gather the courage, but I finally drove past the Kaweah Post Office. You may need to avert your eyes – it is dismal and sad. Forgive me for such ugliness on this blog. Let me atone for this indignity by sharing some good news about the Kaweah Post Office. […]