Today I begin refreshing the largest Mineral King mural in Exeter (North of Pine, West side of E Street, South side of Capella Coffee) Tomorrow I’ll show you today’s work on the mural. Meanwhile, you can enjoy some photos of a recent half-day field trip. Trail Guy and I went to Giant Forest in Sequoia […]
Life Source, Pencil Drawing of Water
“Life Source” is the title of this pencil drawing of water. It is the base of the waterfall at Hospital Rock in Sequoia National Park. A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from a friend that read, “Highest priority today should be looking at clouds. Any chance for a ride?” I responded, “Forget […]
HEART OF THE PARKS is HERE!
Please excuse me for shouting, and for publishing an extra blog post off schedule. The latest coloring book has arrived, and boy is it a good one, if I do say so myself. I did say so myself. This has Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park designs, including Mineral King (of course – did you […]
Gathering Visual Information
Visual information is necessary to an artist. In the olden days, artist did sketches. Cameras came along and made things easier. Digital cameras showed up, and now the visual information is quick, easy and abundant. I am working on a coloring book for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, to be titled Heart of the Park. Those of […]
Sequoia Art Show Reception
The art reception for the Sequoia Art Show was well attended. It appeared that everyone had a good time. I did. Thank you for coming! P.S. These 2 sold:
Show on Short Notice
Told you it was a busy week! So busy that I forgot to post. I received a “Call to Artists”. This is ArtSpeak for “Hey, wanna put your art in a show?” The point of the show is to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the National Park Service. The duration of the show is August […]
Back at the Easels
Did you think all I do is run away to Mineral King? Close, but I finally had time to paint again. This time I decided to risk the messy business of oil painting in the air-conditioned studio, instead of the swamp-cooler “cooled” workshop. They got moved out to the workshop for quicker drying. Of course […]
Drawing Sequoia
Sequoia Natural History Association has sold my work for many years. Great organization – they stock and man the visitor centers and ranger stations throughout Sequoia. They do a lot more, but this post isn’t about them. It is about a drawing I am working on in hopes that they will add it to their […]
Visiting Sequoia
When I was a kid and there were guests from out of the area, my folks would take them up to visit Sequoia National Park. I remember thinking, “Do we have to go to the mountains again?” What a punk. A punk in the Park. A Park Punk? Two very dear cousins of mine were here […]
Drawing in Pencil
I’m drawing in pencil because I love to. There might be a purpose to these drawings in progress, and it might be to keep from doing repetitive and boring work on the computer for the upcoming book The Cabins of Wilsonia. The book isn’t repetitive and boring; the computer work is both of those things plus IMPOSSIBLE. […]