As I plan for the solo show at CACHE in autumn, there are a handful of paintings that I want to improve. Finesse. Polish. Tweak. Pick your word. I love this scene! It’s one of the earlier pieces of my obsession with orange groves, foothills, and snow-covered peaks, titled “Tulare County’s Best”. Why hasn’t it […]
Painting With a Few Interruptions
Another beautiful spring day, accompanied by the desire to just be outside and pull weeds. Nope. It’s a workday, chica. But wait! There’s an eclipse! I joined Trail Guy for a brief look at the weirdness of shadows and light, with the help of a colander and a piece of white paper. Back to work. […]
Another Big Tree
Tall narrow canvases with oil paintings of Sequoia trees sell steadily, so I paint them steadily. Sentinel Tree, 6×18″, $165 This one is modeled after the Sentinel Tree, in front of the Giant Forest Market, now a museum. I say “modeled after”, because I no longer feel the need to duplicate every branch as it […]
Speedy Quick Like Lightning
After spending most of the winter working on difficult subjects that took much thought, revision, and enormous amounts of time, painting familiar small Mineral King oil paintings to sell in the upcoming summer months feels speedy quick like lightning. I think Hiking Buddy took the reference photo with her superior iPhone, generously sent it to […]
Four Steps to Timber Gap
If you have ever walked to Timber Gap, you know experientially that it is far more than four steps. I don’t remember the specific mileage, but it seems to be about 2 miles. This post is actually about painting Timber Gap, and it took more than four steps. However, I only took four photographs. (I […]
Trying to Paint
I had a morning available to paint but it took awhile to get to it. First, I had to admire Pippin in the window. Next I varnished three paintings, and then had to figure out where to put them. So I went into the studio to see if there were any available hooks. While contemplating […]
The Other Day. . .
. . .I walked into the painting workshop, looked at all the paintings in their various stages, and just wanted to walk back out. Why? Because it was so beautiful outside and because I couldn’t figure out where to start. The simplest solution was to start where I stopped the day before. So, I did. […]
Seven Skies and Two Paintings in Progress
This will need to dry before I add in the blossoms.
Almost Finished, Finished and Begun
I mentioned a few days ago that there were just a few details remaining to finish three oil paintings of Tulare County’s prettiest places. The painting factory at my address is up and running at a steady speed.
Silos and the Sierra
A few weeks ago, I went to Tulare. As usual, I chose back roads. There were orchards in bloom, greenery everywhere, and snow on the Sierra Nevada. There is often snow there but it isn’t always so visible from the flatlands. (Smog comes down the Altamont Pass from the Bay Area and collects in the […]