On my first day back at trying to be fully human, I resumed detailing this piece. This Mineral King painting was a big challenge on many levels, and I am now quite happy with it. Feeling accomplished, I chose the next painting to work on, thinking it would be a piece of cake. This is […]
A Situation and a Recovery
A week ago, I had a situation to deal with: I got sick. Such a disruption. I was only able to paint a little bit before the need to lie down took over. While reclining, I used the laptop to look carefully at the paintings finished and paintings needed for the upcoming solo show at […]
Assorted Photos with Chit-Chat
If you look in the shadows between (and beyond) the 2 chairs, you might be able to discern a doe with 2 fawns, probably born that very day. While getting gas at the Four-way (local vernacular for an important intersection), I snapped this photo. Barns this classic and oak trees this majestic, quercus lobata, are […]
Painting Mineral King with the Swamp Cooler
On another hot day with my brave swamp cooler, I focused on the giant oil painting of the classic Mineral King scene. I was thankful to have the sky finished—well, finished unless I decide later that it isn’t finished. It is just too tall for me to reach, so some logistics must be addressed each […]
Back to Painting Mineral King.
Thanks for taking a detour with me to Hume Lake. I came home and went straight to the easels. Mineral King is my main subject this time of year, a short season with no time to lollygag around. (Imagine taking a vacation FROM Mineral King!) This piece got sky, and I started shaping the mountains […]
Brain-melting Painting
Remember last week or so I showed you some completed paintings intended for Silver City, unless they sold first? They sold. Someone else asked for the one called Mineral King Family Cabin about 5 minutes after it sold, so I told her I’d paint another one for her. Of course I needed to paint some […]
A Full Day of Variety
What does an artist do all day? For this artist, every day is different. Yeah, it seems as if all I did all winter was paint, paint, paint. That’s different right now. First, I walked with my neighbor (numb toes, but manageable for 2 miles), then I worked in my herb garden for about an […]
Painting Mineral King in Mineral King
The view of a family cabin from the Mineral King bridge with Farewell Gap in the back and the stream in the front is the most popular scene that I paint of Mineral King. Sales have been brisk, and I am trying to get some inventory ready to go. So, instead of just hanging out […]
Two Large Iconic Tulare County Scenes in One Day
By “large”, I mean 18×36″ and 20×24″. By “iconic”, I mean these are familiar and much loved vistas of Tulare County. I bet you can guess the subject of this 18×36″ painting. Paintings start out so sloppy, but I am finally used to it and not worried when I start a new one. This was […]
Five New Mineral King Oil Paintings
All these paintings will eventually be for sale at the Silver City Store, unless they sell here first.