The tall narrow (12×24”) oil painting of Sawtooth has a deadline. There is a narrow but visible spot in the Silver City Store where I hang a tall narrow Mineral King painting each summer. Last summer I took up a tall and narrow painting of that classic Mineral King view on Memorial Day weekend. Somewhat […]
Ready for Summer, Professionally Speaking
The store, no, the employees at the Silver City Resort do their best to sell my paintings every summer. Sometimes they are closed due to pandemics, fires, floods, ultra heavy winters, or ruined roads. But we nevah nevah nevah give up. There are about five Mineral King paintings at the Mural Gallery and Gift Shop […]
Day #3 of Painting Sawtooth*
Nope, don’t wanna paint this. After a moment’s thought, I remembered a made-up somewhat embellished view that sold twice last summer as a 6×12”, the same proportions as this 12×24” canvas. I dug out the relevant photos, and flipped the canvas. Then what happened? So glad you asked! First, upside down so the proportions would […]
A Cover-up
Shall we call this Paint-gate? I bet people under 50 years of age don’t understand why every political scandal and cover-up has “gate” attached to the end. This cover-up isn’t scandalous. A friend gave me a 24×30” canvas with an unfinished painting that her daughter did in college. Out of respect for my friend, I […]
Mineral King Road
For many years, there has been talk of repairing the Mineral King road. Talk talk talk, yadda yadda yadda, blah blah blah. Surveys, public meetings, emails. Fires, floods, emergency repairs, road closures. Finally, the work has begun. The road won’t be open to the public until the Wednesday before Memorial Day weekend, and there is […]
A Drive on the Mineral King Road
There was an overcast day in Three Rivers this week. Maybe more than one, but we are only concerned with one of them for purposes of this post. We drove up the Mineral King road, as far as the Conifer gate. (That’s the upper gate, which is below Atwell. Now the gate locks are consistently […]
Final Weekend of the 2024 Mineral King Season
Business first First, an ad. I hope to see you all (my tens of readers) on Saturday! Mineral King Many people enjoy Mineral King in summer; fewer make it there in the fall, and a very few make it up in the winter (for many good reasons, beginning with the locked gates). I think of […]
September 27 in Mineral King
I wasn’t there, but Trail Guy brought back good photos of fall color for you. Do you have a favorite? If plein air painting really floated my boat, I’d be there chasing down fall color. Instead, I am probably there packing up for the winter. Next fall, perhaps. . .
Back to Mineral King: Two Gentle Walks
Along the Nature Trail The recreation restrictions were lifted, so Hiking Buddy and I took a stroll down the Nature Trail, where some fall colors were beginning to show (this was last weekend). Up to Crystal Creek We also took a walk across the bridge (oh my, how my walks have shrunk this year), past […]
Back to Mineral King: This and That
The parking lot was empty on Saturday morning, because the restrictions on the road and on recreation weren’t officially lifted until 10 a.m. Most people didn’t learn of the restriction removal until the end of the day on Friday. This doesn’t really make it easy for people to plan for the weekend, but the Park […]