Hooo-eeee, I have lost my work ethic, gotten lazy, filled my life with other things, something. . . I used to work full-time as an artist. Now I just piddle around. It’s a relaxed and flexible way to live. Why am I doing this? Because I don’t have any commissions, upcoming art shows or boutiques, […]
Mineral King is Open
And the summer begins … I didn’t take any of these pictures, which were all taken before I went up the hill, because living in two places comes soon enough without pushing it. Our cabin is a summer dwelling, for good reasons. Hence, the Early Bird, AKA Trail Guy, took these photos. (You can tell […]
Bridge Building (With Paint)
Incremental Improvements Painting #38 of Tulare County’s best bridge (according by your Central California artist) is inching forward into excellence. Can you see the incremental improvements? We can probably consider it all finished now, EXCEPT FOR THE BRIDGE ITSELF! Ahem. Excuse me for shouting. It just surprises me that after I put an enormous amount […]
Long Distance Commission, Chapter 3
This project progress took place before I started the mural on the Ivanhoe library. This might be the first time I have ever put a canvas on the drawing table and measured out exactly where everything is supposed to go. When I had enough pencil guidelines on the canvas, I took it out to the […]
Oops, I Forgot, Chapter Five
The idea was to show you all the paintings in my solo show at CACHE, one per day here on the blog, for the duration of the show. But, I forgot to show you all the paintings of Three Rivers! Today’s painting is the final in the “Oops, I Forgot” series. MISSING PAINTING #5 It […]
Oops, I Forgot, Chapter Four
The idea was to show you all the paintings in my solo show at CACHE, one per day here on the blog, for the duration of the show. But, I forgot to show you all the paintings of Three Rivers! MISSING PAINTING #4 It is available on my website store. Here is the link. and […]
Oops, I Forgot, Chapter Three
The idea was to show you all the paintings in my solo show at CACHE, one per day here on the blog, for the duration of the show. But, I forgot to show you all the paintings of Three Rivers! MISSING PAINTING #3 It is available on my website store. Here is the link, and […]
Oops, I Forgot, Chapter Two
The idea was to show you all the paintings in my solo show at CACHE, one per day here on the blog, for the duration of the show. I told you about my virtual friend named Elisabeth, who posted a beautiful photo on her blog that reminded me of two of my paintings. Here is […]
Architecture at Asilomar
Many of the buildings at Asilomar were designed by Julia Morgan, the architect best known for designing the Hearst Castle in San Simeon. She is also known for many fine buildings in Berkeley, AND a building at the Springville Hospital (for TB) here in Tulare County, now torn down due to earthquake standards. Roomie and […]
Big Oak Tree
Did you know that Tulare County is home to the largest oaks in the country? The valley oak, quercus lobata is not what this big oak tree is. I found this tree somewhere along Dry Creek Road. I didn’t get close enough to know what kind, but I can tell by the shape that this […]