Two weeks to paint three oranges, but really, only one because of a planned 2 days off and because of drying time. No problem. . . just get outta my way! They don’t have to be truly identical, because each one will end up in a different home. That sounded weird. If they were all […]
I Draw Better Now
Over a year ago, I was at a dinner and ran into someone who had bought a colored pencil drawing of oranges from me in the early 2000s. He mentioned that it was still hanging in his office. I said, “I draw better now; can I have it back to fix it?” Yes, I actually […]
Sequoia Trees and Navel Oranges
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? […]
Orange You Glad This Mural is Finished?
A drive-by shooting of the Rocky Hill label mural on the east wall of Rocky Hill Antiques, east of Exeter. This is how the mural looks in the morning light. It faces east, so I was only able to work on it when the shade was 2 feet wide, around 2 in the afternoon. […]
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, […]
Inspired by Citrus
I am the daughter and granddaughter of citrus growers. I thought I might become a citrus grower myself, but I became an artist. Still self-employed, but in a much less risky and less regulated business. Still, I am inspired by citrus. Usually I paint oranges as a still life, which means an orange or […]
I Love Tulare County
For some reason, it embarrasses me to admit this. So, I put it as the title of this post – practice saying it, feel it, face it. (Say it loud, say it proud?) I am a California Artist and I love Tulare County! (Is it warm in here or is it just me?) Oranges #121, […]
Learning to Oil Paint
Remember in the olden days when I was an oil painter? This was before 2013, the year I drew 180 pencil drawings of Wilsonia cabins. A number of my drawing students have been pressuring me to teach oil painting. We know one another fairly well so they understand how I teach, and I understand how […]