Spring in Three Rivers just might be an appropriate title, although there is little evidence of any river, much less three of them in this picture. But, we are in a canyon that follows the North Fork of the Kaweah, and the presence of sycamore trees indicates a source of water near by. (Can you […]
Another Oil Painting Commission
If you’ve known me for awhile, you may have heard me say that it is all my friends and relatives who buy my work because they feel sorry for me. Another friend used to tell me this: “If your friends and family won’t do business with you, who will?” A long time friend asked me […]
The Cabin Painting Grows
On Wednesday, I left you with this cliff hanger of a picture: This is the next view: And this is how it looked when it was getting a little too dark to see out in the painting workshop. Now it is time to show the customer before I do any more detail work. That large […]
Earning the Big Bucks Painting a Cabin
This is how it looked the last time we discussed the back country cabin in Kings Canyon National Park. “We discussed”? Who is this we? Um, well, me. I thought it looked sort of fakey with just 2 thunderheads. No worries. The sky dried enough that I could add more. And notice the added detail […]
Building a Cabin in Oil Paint
The sky isn’t dry yet, so I went to work on the trees and began on the cabin. Couldn’t wait – I am “cabinart”, after all! These details are going to be FUN!
Who Knew It Would Be This Hard To Paint?
This painting is called “Mineral King Morning”. I remember the light, the sound of the wind, the feel of the air. I thought this painting said it. It hasn’t sold, and people don’t really notice it. I paint better now. I hope I paint better now. I hope I paint better every time I’m […]
I Have Now Chosen
I began oil painting on March 8, 2006. Sometimes it is hard, sometimes it is really hard, once in awhile it is fun. Sometimes I even like a painting or two. Oak Grove Bridge, 6×6″, private collection, 2013 2 classes at Michael’s (the craft store, NOT my husband!), 1/2 semester at the local junior college, […]
My Amazing Friends, Chapter Two
This will be a long post. I hope you will savor it, instead of filing it in the category of TLDR*. The series, My Amazing Friends, began this week with Bob. Let’s continue with Barbara, also of Three Rivers, a gardener extraordinaire. Barbara grows many plants, knows them all and is best known for her […]
Signed, Sealed, Delivered. . .
. . . it’s yours! Some artists don’t like to do commission work. Maybe they don’t like to eat, either. Or maybe they aren’t very good at understanding what other people want. Maybe they are rebellious adolescents trapped in the bodies of adults. I like commissions. It is a fun challenge to make a visual […]
Too Much Beauty?
One of my favorite authors is John Eldredge. In Journey of Desire, he writes this about beauty:“We need not fear indulging here. The experience of beauty is unique to all the other pleasures in this: there is no possessive quality to it. Just because you love the landscape doesn’t mean you have to acquire the […]