The layers continue to build on Sawtooth Peak, an oil painting. As it was when you last saw it: Another layer added to the sky:Another layer added to Sawtooth: Another layer added to the lower ridges: And more added to the lower ridges:Yo, Professor Layer, may I be finished with the sky and the peak […]
Sawtooth Peak
Sawtooth is an easy to distinguish peak in Mineral King, visible from Visalia when the wildfire smoke or the pollution from the Bay Area are not obscuring the view. Lots of people like to climb it. I think it is good to look at, but I am scared of climbing it. I am only interested […]
New Mineral King Old Paintings
Because 6 Mineral King oil paintings sold at the Silver City Mountain Resort (AKA Silver City Store), I painted 4 new ones. Seems like bad math or poor production to you? Labor Day is a mere 2 weeks away, and this means the season is almost finished. Part of the business of art is making […]
Sold Mineral King Oil Paintings
These Mineral King oil paintings recently sold. That’s the good news. The less good news is that I have no idea who bought them. This is probably usual when one sells through a store* rather than a gallery. Tomorrow I’ll show you what I painted to fill the blank spots on the store*’s shelves. *”The […]
Sawtooth Oil Paintings
This is the status on the most recent Sawtooth oil paintings. Sold. Sold. Unfinished and unsold. On the left, 8×8″, will be $100. On the right, 6×6″ will be $60. (tax not included, but I will pay the postage.) Sawtooth is a peak visible from Visalia, the county seat of Tulare County, and it is […]
Mineral King Oil Paintings, Finished and Drying
These photos of six little Mineral King paintings represent a day with 3-4 tiny paintbrushes in motion. 6×6″ paintings are canvases that easily fall off the easel, so I hold them in my hand while painting. The detail is as accurate as I am able to achieve without running each painting into an irretrievable number […]
Little Mineral King Oil Paintings
A week or so ago, I showed you the very rough beginnings of 5 new Mineral King oil paintings. In spite of the scribbly appearance, a faithful blog reader claimed one of them. She knows I can paint, although at this stage there isn’t much visual evidence to back up her confidence in my abilities. […]
The Rest of the Stories
Remember Paul Harvey? We had to be quiet during lunch so my parents could listen to him every day at noon when we were home from school. He would tell a story sometimes with a surprise ending, and then he would say, “And now you know. . . (long, very long, very very long extended […]
Mineral King Trail Paintings
Does “Mineral King Trail Paintings” sound as if I am painting along the trail? Sorry to disappoint – there is too much snow to be hiking there now. Instead, I am oil painting in the studio, working from photos taken while hiking in the past. Or just walking. . . remember, it is a hike […]
Painting Mineral King, Continued
Remember this stage of all these Mineral King oil paintings, as seen last week? Here is the next phase – skies done. Sort of an assembly line method of painting, but I can’t think of a better way to finish 11 paintings in a short amount of time. (Remember, I have a show coming this weekend […]