Making Arrangements

In the Art World, people who really like an artist and buy more than one piece of art from her are called “collectors”. In my world, I call them “friends”. A friend who has several of my paintings (and quite a few drawings too) asked me to help her figure out how to arrange them. […]

Painting in Mineral King

After watching Marty Weekly paint, I caught the plein air bug again. I wanted to set up in exactly the same place, same time of day, and attack the same scene, using the methods that Laurel Daniel taught back in April. I forgot my camera, so after painting for about 1-1/2 hours, I went back […]

A Little Painting

English is confusing. “A little painting” could mean I painted a little bit or that I painted a small painting. What if in this case it means I painted a little bit on 3 small paintings? And I painted a little bit on a (for me) huge painting? Then you’d have today’s title and today’s […]

Paint On, O Painter

I recently read O Pioneers by Willa Cather. Can you tell by the title of this post? I’m glad I finally read it, enjoyed it, but wouldn’t gush about it to others or call it a “must read”. With all the spring beauty, it is a little bit hard to keep my feet planted in front […]

Painting a Half Day

Isn’t that an odd title? One day last week my walking buddy and I decided to drive to a new place and walk a trail instead of heading out at dark-thirty with flashlights and walking a road. This meant that I only had a half day to paint. So, hubba hubba hubba, let’s git ‘er […]