Happy Birthday, Ashley! It has been a few weeks since I oil painted. Little paintings are selling steadily at the Silver City Resort/Store 4 miles below Mineral King, and in this final push of summer before the season shuts down after Labor Day, it seems wise to load up their shelves. How in the world […]
Not Enough Paintings??
Each year, summer comes and Mineral King opens at the same time. This year I felt very prepared, having completed 30-40 paintings of Mineral King, many of which sold as I was working on them. Small paintings sell at the Silver City Store Resort, and that is my main place to sell during the summer. […]
Productive Procrastination
The oil painting commission of Homer’s Nose With the Oak Grove Bridge felt too hard. Was I low on sleep? (That was both my parents’ question and/or conclusion any time there was a problem both growing up and as an adult.) Distraction was present in the form of some cats, a friend or two stopping […]
Art: Inspired By Mineral King
After 7-8 months of painting toward a show about Mineral King and (almost) in Mineral King, it is tomorrow! Is it considered shouting to use bold type? Or is that only for capital letters? I’ve always always always considered italics to be whispering, so maybe this paragraph will be more soothing to your ears. Four artists […]
Mineral King Show Coming Soon
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANN! June 30 will be here quickly. That is the date for the Mineral King art show that I will be participating in with 3 other artists at the Silver City Store. Heat will be here quickly too, so I need to finish these oil paintings before it is time to turn on […]
In Which My Captions are Hijacked by a TC Native Speaker
In order to recover from the ordeal of my wrastling match (yep, that’s the way it is said in Tulare County – we are the same folks who say “warsh” for “wash”, and sometimes we say “crick” instead of “creek”) with the Kaweah Post Office oil painting, I enjoyed the yard a bit. By “enjoy”, […]
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 […]
Just Another Workday
One day a week or so ago, I painted in the morning and drew in the afternoon. This is what it looked like: Then I moved into the studio. It was a sunny day, so I raised the blind and saw this: And thus we conclude another workday in the life of this Central California […]
Finished Mineral King Oil Paintings
These are the oil paintings that were dry enough to scan so I can list them on my website. This size doesn’t normally sell through the website but does sell very well in Mineral King in the summer, and I am now ready. Maybe. They never scan as bright or colorful or pretty as they […]
More Mineral King Painting Factory 5
At the end of last week, I had 4 more finished Mineral King oil paintings, a 6×18″ was sold, and the 2 paintings on hold were still just waiting their turns. Now it is time to count up again, evaluate by subject and size, and decide if I need to keep the factory producing more […]