Getting better all the time (wasn’t that a song by Chicago?)! Certainly isn’t a Bridge Over Troubled Waters. Long Way There is certainly correct for the road, and Long and Winding Road is even better. Wait – it was called Getting Stronger Every Day by Chicago!! Clearly I digress. This is about visual art, not […]
Mineral King Bridge In Paint
We all know that procrastination is not a virtue. However, I’d like to present a few benefits to procrastination: 1. Sometimes the problem fixes itself. 2. Sometimes new knowledge or skill is acquired so the difficulty diminishes. 3. Sometimes the problem becomes a moot point. 4. Sometimes someone else takes care of it. I’ve been […]
Why I Make Art, #6
This is the final posting of this series, Why I Make Art. READER WARNING: I will talk about God in this so if it bores/irritates/offends you, skip this post. I am made in the image of the Creator. He, the Ultimate Creator, created me to be like Him, which includes the desire to create. (No, […]
Daily Painting, 6
Mineral King, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50 Waking up in the morning has never been easy for me. Some people wake up energized and ready to go; I am not one of them. My Oh-So-Wise-Dad used to say that when he woke up in the morning, he’d lie there and try to die. Failing […]
Daily Painting, 5
6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50 Farewell Gap is an unusually symmetrical mountain pass. The elevation is somewhere in the 10,000′ range, and the trail to get there is 6-1/2 miles long, very well graded, with fabulous flowers. I love that hike. (Never mind. Stupid plantar fasciitis.) This year I am lollygagging about the cabin, […]
Daily Painting, 4
Mineral King, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50 The Crowley family cabin with Farewell Gap in the background may be the most photographed scene in Mineral King. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve drawn and painted it. Each time I take the picture, I’m sure it is the most beautiful it has ever […]
Daily Painting, 3
6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50 This is the Honeymoon Cabin in Mineral King. Originally it was part of the resort at the end of the road. Disney bought the resort, and then abandoned the idea of a ski resort because Mineral King was incorporated into Sequoia National Park. They removed all the buildings except […]
Daily Painting, 2
6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50 This is Sawtooth, 12, 343′ in elevation, reached by foot out of Mineral King. It shows up from the valley floor, particularly in Tulare County where it is located. I’ve painted and drawn it many times. I’ve also been over Sawtooth Pass, below Sawtooth at Monarch Lake and at Columbine […]
Over And Out
The show, Images of Home, is over, and I’m out of these paintings. The museum tells me that was a very good response. If you feel disappointed because your heart was set on one of these, I can paint any of them over again. Won’t be exactly the same, but it will be close. (There […]
More Inspiration
Here are the other paintings that are for sale in the Silver City Store so far this summer. 6×6″ square to fit in suitcases, $50 to fit budgets. Can be purchased by emailing me at cabinart@cabinart.net. Still just sayin’. (Still feels weird to talk that way. Can someone please tell me where that came from […]