There is a juniper tree on the trail to White Chief (Mineral King, of course) that is striking and memorable. Several people have called it their favorite tree, among them Trail Guy. I painted it twice last summer. Now I am painting it two more times.
Starting and Ending
I started a new citrus painting, much like a recent one (that is still too wet to photograph well.) Really, it is different from the other one. . . see? Citrus sells steadily in Exeter at the Mural Gallery, so it is good to always have another one ready to go. Finished and delivered this […]
A Fun Day at the Easels
As a pencil artist, with drawing as my first artistic love, a fun day at the easels for me is when I finally get to the stage where I am able to “draw” with my paintbrushes. This is considered a bad thing in the Art World; all I can think of to respond to that […]
Another Harvest Festival Round-up
“Harvest Festival” is a popular name for an arts and craft show in the fall. I have been in 2 this year, and will soon be in a 3rd Harvest Festival which is more of a carnival (not as an artist this time – I’ll probably be making popcorn.) The most recent was at a […]
Summer Sales, Part Two
Did you forget that I was showing you the Mineral King oil paintings that sold in Silver City over the summer? Here is the other half: As before, the sizes shown here are a little whacky in terms of how they are relative to one another. I was shocked by the stellar rise of the […]
Summer Sales
Since 2010, the Silver City Store has been selling my oil paintings. It began as a tentative experiment, with no confidence that visitors up that rough road would want to spend their hard-earned dollars on original oil paintings rather than (or in addition to) tee shirts and post cards. The highest number of paintings that sold […]
Cabin Thoughts
In 1986 I married into a Mineral King cabin. I’d always wanted either a cabin or a beach house. Here in Tulare County, cabins are more available and accessible than beach houses. It has worked out well, even to the point that my art business is called Cabin Art. (Or Cabinart. . . for a […]
Four New Mineral King Oil Paintings
These Mineral King oil paintings began as four little messes. After the second pass over the canvas, they dried outside in the sun for 24 hours. That was all it took for them to be ready to scan and move up the hill to the Silver City Store for sale. They NEVER look as good […]
Sold Mineral King Oil Paintings
Mineral King oil paintings have been selling steadily this summer at the Silver City Store/Resort. The popularity of subjects has changed a bit. The Honeymoon Cabin is this year’s favorite, the Crowley cabin/Farewell Gap (view from the bridge at the end of the road) is second, and only one Sawtooth painting has sold. All the […]
Cleaned up Messes
My four little messes from last week have become paintings. This 4×6″ size is tricky to paint. I hold them in my left hand, often ending up wearing paint in addition to applying it, and always wishing for smaller and smaller brushes. They retail for $50 (plus 8% tax, welcome to California) each, and the […]