This is Chapter Two in the story of figuring out how to design one commissioned oil painting of two different Tulare County landmarks. As a Tulare County artist, I am pleased to have been chosen for the task. The customer requested a different view of Homer’s Nose, and I have 5 photos from that point […]
Figuring Things Out
Isn’t “figuring things out” a strange grouping of words? But we all know what that means. . . puzzling over something, trial and error, plan A and plan B, lots of conversation. . . A long time friend asked me to do an oil painting of two significant Tulare County landmarks in her life. This […]
Quick Start
After a recent trip to Sequoia National Park to see the dogwood in bloom, I had a desire to paint them with a redwood tree in the background. The printed photos hadn’t yet arrived, so why not paint while looking at the computer screen? Then I began thinking about my “Paint Better” and “Sell More […]
Fairly Goalless
Is “goalless” a word? I do set goals – finish X number of paintings, get website redesigned, finish drawings for the next calendar, etc. But I don’t set big sweeping overarching business goals, or as one of those motivational speakers says, “BHAGs”, which stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goals. And many of us have heard […]
Mineral King Show Coming Soon
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANN! June 30 will be here quickly. That is the date for the Mineral King art show that I will be participating in with 3 other artists at the Silver City Store. Heat will be here quickly too, so I need to finish these oil paintings before it is time to turn on […]
In Which My Captions are Hijacked by a TC Native Speaker
In order to recover from the ordeal of my wrastling match (yep, that’s the way it is said in Tulare County – we are the same folks who say “warsh” for “wash”, and sometimes we say “crick” instead of “creek”) with the Kaweah Post Office oil painting, I enjoyed the yard a bit. By “enjoy”, […]
A Bully of a Painting
The Kaweah Post Office XIV oil painting has been challenging me. By that, I mean it gets in my face each time I paint, and it says, “Whatcha gonna do about me, hunh? Hunh? Can you handle me? Betcha can’t! Besides, you don’t even know how to write 14 in Roman numerals!” How rude. Guess […]
Finished!
It is surprising how many (or any at all) paintings got finished with all that procrastinating in April. Have a look:
Paintbrush Gardening
Is it gardening when I am planting flowers with my paintbrush? Is it gardening when I am painting wildflowers? It doesn’t matter – sounds good in a blog post title and sort of works. This is one of the popular 6×18″ sized canvases, begun with a few spots and slashes of color. I showed you […]
May Flowers
April showers bring May flowers in some parts of the world; in Three Rivers, it is more this way: With April heat, May flowers are beat. That’s okay. I can paint my own flowers. But wait! What is all this? This is how it looks when there is a stack of new paintings ready to begin. […]