Once June is past, I hope that the Mineral King posts will be of my experiences instead of just hitchhiking on Trail Guy’s. The baby marmots are out, and as always, have moved underneath our cabin. Since there is nothing that we can do about it, we take photos. (They make noise and messes that […]
Mineral King Trail Art
Being on a roll with pencil drawings of Mineral King makes me think very carefully about what I should draw next. This is a view I recently painted, and it sold right away. Allllrighty, then. Looks and sounds like a logical next pencil drawing. However, all the other drawings are vertical, so this scene will need […]
A Better Sawtooth
Sawtooth is that very visible and distinctive peak in Mineral King that shows up in Visalia on a clear day. Here is a pencil drawing of Sawtooth from 2003. It isn’t bad. Here is a pencil drawing of Sawtooth from last week. It is a different view, and I think it is better. Here: […]
Trail Guy’s First Hike in Mineral King, 2017
Trail Guy went to Timber Gap, his first hike of the season in Mineral King in 2017. (He is retired, I am not. It is okay – I love what I do!) These photos are his.
It’s Friday, Let’s Talk About Mineral King
Fridays are for Mineral King on my blog, but sometimes every day is for Mineral King. There isn’t a lot happening with my art business right now that you will find interesting (other than the one-day drawing workshop tomorrow at Arts Visalia; call 559-739-0905 to see if any spaces remain). So, let’s continue our photo excursion […]
When Mineral King Trails Aren’t Accessible
Happy Birthday, Rachelle! May this be the year of new lungs. . . What do you do when the trails in Mineral King aren’t accessible? You walk the trails as far as you can. This was heading to Spring Creek, where the water is still too high for maintenance guys to put the bridge in yet. […]
Sights along the Mineral King Road
This is how “the potholes” were running recently. It is wonderful to see all the water! This is how Sawtooth looked on the way up the hill. (That’s flannel bush in the foreground). This is an unnamed drainage, coming down from Empire, about 2 miles below the Mineral King Valley. Every possible drainage is flowing. […]
Wildflowers on Mineral King Road
A few days ago I was in Mineral King and took photos along the road of the abundant wildflowers. But first, let’s start with my favorite subject to draw and paint, the Oak Grove Bridge. Look at that water!!! Wildflowers along the road continue to be prolific. The first photo isn’t technically of wildflowers: these are […]
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 […]
Opening Mineral King 2017
Mineral King officially opened on Wednesday, May 24. This is remarkable, considering it was a huge winter. Most of the reason it is open is because Trail Guy borrowed a backhoe and spent 120 hours of volunteer work to fight through the avalanches. This made it possible for the Park’s road guy to do the […]