But wait! There’s more. . . Big Tree IV, 6×18″, oil on wrapped canvas, $125 This should have a BUY NOW button, but my shopping cart isn’t working and I don’t know if the shopping cart on the website is the same as the shopping cart on the blog and after trying over and over […]
If You Are Going To Paint One, Paint Two
I know, I know. I’m not painting this year, EXCEPT when I have a commission to do. I think it is funny that on the very first working day of 2013 when I am supposed to have a laser-like focus on The Cabins of Wilsonia, there I am, at the easel! Some people saw my […]
More Mineral King for Christmas
You are probably thinking about Christmas shopping. If you are like me, the simpler the better. Not leaving home? The best way to shop! (I used catalogs for shopping long before they were considered normal.) Here is an easy way to please someone on your list who loves Mineral King. Honeymoon Cabin XI, 6×6″, oil […]
Mineral King for Christmas
Friends who care enough to tell me the truth have suggested I be a bit more bold about the fact that I have original oil paintings for sale at ridiculously low prices. Okay. Here goes. Try not to be disgusted by my crass commercialism. The Crowley Cabin, 6×6″, oil on wrapped canvas, $50, SOLD
Why the (beta version) Oil Painting Workshop Was Successful
Yesterday’s blog post told a secret – that I gave an oil painting workshop without publicizing it first, and why I didn’t publicize it. Today, I will reveal why I believe that workshop was a success. No, I will reveal the reasons that I believe it was a success, not why I believe . . […]
An Oil Painting Workshop, Beta Version
Oh Great. Now she is speaking Computer. Isn’t it enough that we have to endure occasional Artspeak without this too? What is “beta version”? I looked it up and found the best definition on Michael Hyatt’s blog: ” The premise is this: ‘we know it’s not perfect, but it’s far enough along that we need […]
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
The Most Beautiful Fruit Bowl I’ve Ever Seen is completed. It is signed, it is carefully wrapped up and sealed in a box, and I delivered it to an undisclosed location in Exeter. Someone will have an a-may-zing Christmas present. And that’s all I’m gonna say about that! P.S. This might be one of […]
Daily Paintworks
What means this?? (That’s how my niece asked for more information when she was three, and I thought it was so cute that I’ve been saying for 20 years since.) Daily Paintworks is a wonderful online gallery featuring new paintings from its members every single day. I’ve followed it for a few years, and learned about […]
Sawtooth on a Cupboard Door?
Usually at a garage sale I am overtaken by the desire to go home, fill a box with stuff, and bring it back, sneak it onto a table, and tiptoe away. Stuff stresses me out. Too much stuff makes me twitch, mumble to myself, and randomly toss objects into the trash or a give-away barrel. […]
How A Fruit Bowl Painting is Like a Living Room
I paint in layers, particularly when a painting is very particular. (Heh heh. . . how is that for being articulate?) First, the shapes get roughed in (and I mean ROUGHED). Then, the basic color is laid down thinly. Then, details begin, but not too exact and the color isn’t too fussy yet. Because I […]