While in this drawdrawdraw mode, it is still necessary to think about other parts of my business. Three Rivers Studio Tour 10 is at the end of March, and people like to buy stuff from the artists. I’m real glad about that. It is helpful if I have things to sell to those fine folks […]
Reuse, Recycle
California artist recycles redwood trees into poppies. I had a 5×7 oil painting of redwood trees in snow that I used to like. The longer it hung around and wasn’t sold, the less I liked it. No problem. I have a paintbrush and I’m not afraid to use it! Look at this weirdness: Fear not. […]
You Know You’re A California Artist When. . . Part 3
It was getting a bit long yesterday so here is the rest of my pencil version of California artist. 5. . . . the houses you draw often have palm trees. 6. . . . sometimes you draw poppies. 7. . . and you keep drawing oranges because everyone likes them. 5×7 reproduction with color […]
Indoor Mural, Day 3
But Wait! There’s More! At the bottom of the staircase mural of Giant Sequoias is an open area with 6 doors leading off of it. Now, each of those 6 doors has its own identity! Behind Door #1 is the library. Over Door #1 is dogwood, carolinus florida, or, as it is known in Three […]
Why I Make Art, #5
This is a painting of poppies on an antique window. (Thank you for asking, Carol!) You can read about it here: April 29 May 23 June 7 Reason #5: I make art because it beautifies spaces. Real life is messy. Artists get to clean it up in 2 ways. We can draw and paint in […]
Poppies Will Put Them To Sleep
My customer is so happy with her poppy window that she said she’d like to be a guest in her own home! That is just doggone high praise for her decorating abilities combined with my painting – what a team we make! I guess she really believes that “Poppies will put them to sleep!” (If […]
What I did in the Nonweek
The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is sort of an off week. People are off work, school, schedules, diets, and budgets. (Hopefully they aren’t off base or off track too.) I think of it as the Nonweek, when there really aren’t many obligations. During the Nonweek my expectations of myself are low. Write […]