Sequoia trees and navel oranges are specialties of Central California, right here in Tulare County where I live and work as an artist (and now as an editor too). So, I paint Sequoia trees and navel oranges. Often. When these are dry, I’ll scan them and put them on my website for sale. Maybe I’ll […]
Fruit Looping
Last week we looked at 3 completed fruit paintings that included a squished orange. I began 3 more fruit oil paintings (I AM a Central California artist, after all!) because I had 3 more of those extra thick canvases. Then, I looped back to the squished orange and unsquished it. Can you see the difference? […]
New Paintings, Squished Orange
My friend/customer LOVED these paintings, including the extra thick canvases. Yea! However, I studied the orange painting and realized it isn’t symmetrically round like an orange – it is squished on the left side. Back to the easels. . .
Jumping the Gun With Paint
Do you ever wonder about the origins of sayings such as “jumping the gun”? That is an easy one – it refers to racers (horses? people?) who take off before the starting gun. In commissions, the “starting gun” is when the customer pays 1/2 down and we decide exactly what she wants. A conversation alone is […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part Four
On Thursday, I left you with a cliff-hanger of a green orange. (Reminds me of the time my mom wanted to show orange trees to her 4 year old Kansas granddaughter. “Look Ashley, those are orange trees.” “No they aren’t, Grandma – they are green!”) White paint is opaque. Put down white paint, and then […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part Three
We are waiting for the heat to end so I can finish the Rocky Hill Antiques mural. September passes. October arrives. The heat continues. FINALLY, last week, it mellowed from the 90s to the 80s. Practically sweater weather around here! Wow, the mural is dusty and has some spider webs. No worries, I’m a country […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part Two
I showed my favorite view of the potential revision/addition of the Rocky Hill Antiques mural to the owner. He still wanted the word “ANTIQUES” included. I tried to convince him that the word would change a mural into a sign, and there is plenty of signage at the business with no doubts at all as […]
Finishing the Rocky Hill Antiques Mural, Part One
Remember the mural on the side of Rocky Hill Antiques? I painted it last June. Here are the links to the posts about it: Projecting A New Mural, Chapters two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight The mural looked like this at the end. We simplified it from the original label, which was full of […]
Taste The Arts
Blooming Oranges #2, 8×8″, oil on wrapped canvas, $125 Taste The Arts Saturday, October 11, 2014 11 AM – 5 PM Downtown Visalia Taste the Arts is the name of a street fair type event in Visalia. It is very extensive, with lots of opportunities to try different methods of making art. There […]
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, […]