With the first fall show coming on October 11, the pressure is on to get some paintings finished, signed, dried, scanned and varnished. Let’s see what is in the painting workshop. Yikes. This photo shows me that my Mineral King mural needs to be freshened up. Wouldn’t it be fun to repaint it every 3 […]
Hidden in the Leaves
Turning Leaf XV, oil on wrapped canvas, 6×6″, $50 No, nothing is hidden in these leaves. These are 2 new paintings for a small (fancy word for that is “intimate”) show coming to Three Rivers in November. I think we are all discouraged by the ongoing heat and drought, and there are so many trees […]
New Mineral King Painting
It is still summer in Three Rivers, which means it is still nice in Mineral King. But, I have too much work to do, both in the studio and at home to be hanging out every weekend. Summer eventually catches up with me in the form of messes everywhere, incomplete stuff, unfinished business. I am […]
Another Fine Subject of Central California Art
Call me butter – I’m on a roll. Did you know butter is good for you? Yep. Everything we learned about animal fats and saturated fats is probably wrong. But that’s for a different blog. This blog is about what a Central California artist finds to paint in a place like Tulare County, the 3rd […]
A Central California Artist Paints Her World
I live in Three Rivers so sometimes I actually paint the Kaweah River. This summer it is running low, but as a studio artist, I work from photos, and with 22,000 on my computer, there are some choices outside of going to the river and taking a photo as it looks during this very dry […]
What Else Would You Expect a California Artist to Paint?
As a Central California artist, there are certain subjects that dominate my painting life. If you have read this blog for any amount of time, I bet you can guess. If you are new to this blog, welcome! You don’t have to guess because I am about to show you. These two 11x 14″ paintings, […]
Inspired by Citrus
I am the daughter and granddaughter of citrus growers. I thought I might become a citrus grower myself, but I became an artist. Still self-employed, but in a much less risky and less regulated business. Still, I am inspired by citrus. Usually I paint oranges as a still life, which means an orange or […]
More Oil Painting in Progress
Two years ago I printed and sold a calendar of oil paintings. Last year there was no time to paint because of work on the upcoming (Please God, may it be upcoming soon) book The Cabins of Wilsonia. This year I decided to do a calendar painting each month so that when it is time to print […]
Back at the Easels
Did you think all I do is run away to Mineral King? Close, but I finally had time to paint again. This time I decided to risk the messy business of oil painting in the air-conditioned studio, instead of the swamp-cooler “cooled” workshop. They got moved out to the workshop for quicker drying. Of course […]
Happy Customer
Customer? Client? How about a long time friend who commissioned me to paint for her? Commissioner? Never mind. I delivered “Spring In Three Rivers” to my friend and hung it on the wall where she had planned for it to go. We looked at the pictures around it and knew it wasn’t the best combination. […]