There are 4863 square miles in Tulare County. Really! I read it on the internet, so it must be correct, right? Although a great deal of it is un-roaded mountains, there are many roads to explore. And, there are roads to re-explore, because I forget stuff. This summer I’ve made 4 trips to Kings Canyon […]
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Hidden Gardens 2, 8×8″, $75 Historic adobe house, lavender farm, fabulous garden, and a view of the fake Comb Rocks. The real Comb Rocks is out the the frame to the left. (It’s a Three Rivers thing, with apologies to those of you who are wondering what I’m going on about.) The number of available […]
Daily Painting, 11
Sold “One ton tomata, I ate a one ton tomata, one ton tomata, I ate a one ton tomaaaa- ta.” (Hint – it’s a song that you hear while eating chips and salsa) Okay, that’s it, that’s all for these daily painting posts. Too confining to my smart-alecky, free-spirited, non-routine-loving self.
Daily Painting, 10
Sunny Sequoia IXX, 8×8″, oil on wrapped canvas, $75 When I belonged to the Colored Pencil Society of America, there was a tradition. At every annual juried show, there was a piece called “Paper Bag #_____”. The numbers went quite high, the pieces were always well done, they were a little boring, and they ALWAYS […]
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Red Pear II, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, sold See? A second red pear. A pair of pears. I painted it twice, then I ate it. I don’t want to be a starving artist.
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Red Pear I, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, sold But wait! There’s more – tune in tomorrow at this same time to see a companion piece to Red Pear I.
Daily Painting, 7
Oh so much better to paint in my own style. Can you just feel the relief? This is the 7th painting in my promised Daily Painting series. I could keep going. It is certainly an easy way to post to my blog. Are you asleep? Bored? Wishing I’d get off this train of thought?
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Mineral King, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50 Waking up in the morning has never been easy for me. Some people wake up energized and ready to go; I am not one of them. My Oh-So-Wise-Dad used to say that when he woke up in the morning, he’d lie there and try to die. Failing […]
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6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50 Farewell Gap is an unusually symmetrical mountain pass. The elevation is somewhere in the 10,000′ range, and the trail to get there is 6-1/2 miles long, very well graded, with fabulous flowers. I love that hike. (Never mind. Stupid plantar fasciitis.) This year I am lollygagging about the cabin, […]
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Mineral King, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50 The Crowley family cabin with Farewell Gap in the background may be the most photographed scene in Mineral King. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve drawn and painted it. Each time I take the picture, I’m sure it is the most beautiful it has ever […]