Last week I was a ninja-crazy painting factory, cranking out oil paintings of Mineral King. This is high season in the high country, and it is busy. Gotta get ’em done, visible, and selling. Sounds a bit like a mercenary, an artist of fortune. Nah. No fortunes are being made here. Just painting Mineral King. […]
Another Fine Subject of Central California Art
Call me butter – I’m on a roll. Did you know butter is good for you? Yep. Everything we learned about animal fats and saturated fats is probably wrong. But that’s for a different blog. This blog is about what a Central California artist finds to paint in a place like Tulare County, the 3rd […]
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. […]
Straight Talk About Art Fairs
When I got to the venue for the Visalia Taste the Arts, I was very very impressed by the way it was set up. As I pulled into the fenced off area, I was handed a show packet that included a lunch ticket and directed to my booth. There were many huge canopies covering multiple […]
Taste The Arts
Taste the Arts takes place on Saturday, September 29 in Visalia, California. It is a little division of a week long event called “Taste of Visalia“. Maybe. I’m quite confused on the whole shebang. What I am not confused about is that I will be one of many artists showing and selling my work at […]