Blushing Pear, 4×6 oil on board, with easel, $40 You notice that all the cars at a stoplight are the same color. You ask your husband to pull over so you can see if that wildflower you just passed is the same color as your sweater. You notice that 25% of the people in the […]
Colors, a post event list of thoughts
What a confusing weather day. It was frosty out when I loaded the car, and I was just sure I’d shiver all day long. I set up in the direct sunshine on Wendy’s porch and was just sure I’d hot to death. Notice the spacious spacing on the display panels. What do you think? It […]
Mineral King Bridge Painting, Done!
(Happy Birthday, Deb! Or was it yesterday??) When I was a child, my sisters and I had to say “May I be excused?” before leaving the dinner table. This was to signal many things: we were finished eating; to give our parents an opportunity to review our plates; to teach us how to be civilized; […]
Books
This weird little painting was an assignment in my short-lived oil painting class. Anyone have an idea for a title? If you are like me, when you visit a blog you like to see how many comments a post has and sometimes you even read them. My blog doesn’t have very many comments to read. […]
Mineral King Bridge Painting, Part 4
Closing in on it!
Five Items On A California Artist’s Brain
Thank a Veteran today. (Thank you Bob J. and Happy Birthday, I can’t believe you will be 80!) Thank you, Laurie, for pointing out the booboo in the link under See My Work. Now, if you click on Exeter Murals, it takes you to a YouTube video about Exeter, including a talking chin. (weird view […]
Paintings In Situ
“In situ” is Latin for “in position”. My brain is full of these helpful pieces of information, and I have no earthly idea how they got there. These paintings, however, got to their location with great intentionality. My good friend and neighbor wanted to repaint her kitchen. She wasn’t sure how to pick the color, […]
Mineral King Bridge Painting, 3rd Layer
Branches and leaves on the cottonwoods, a pine in the right foreground, and some branches added to the red firs back by the cabins. Sounds like a lesson in native trees of Mineral King. Might be, if I knew what sort of pine that is. Bet it isn’t a pine but is another red fir. […]
Mineral King Bridge Painting, 2nd Layer
Getting better all the time (wasn’t that a song by Chicago?)! Certainly isn’t a Bridge Over Troubled Waters. Long Way There is certainly correct for the road, and Long and Winding Road is even better. Wait – it was called Getting Stronger Every Day by Chicago!! Clearly I digress. This is about visual art, not […]
Mineral King Bridge In Paint
We all know that procrastination is not a virtue. However, I’d like to present a few benefits to procrastination: 1. Sometimes the problem fixes itself. 2. Sometimes new knowledge or skill is acquired so the difficulty diminishes. 3. Sometimes the problem becomes a moot point. 4. Sometimes someone else takes care of it. I’ve been […]