Whoda thunk we’d get rain in Three Rivers in August? It came on a day I had planned to paint, but I didn’t let the low light stop me. However, I held back on thinking any of these paintings were finished. When the sun comes out, I’ll have another think about the state of their […]
Finishing the Sequoia Panel
The first day of painting on the sequoia panel was way too hot, with the sun pounding on me and drying out my palette. The second day of painting took place inside the workshop with the doors closed and the swamp cooler roaring. I didn’t think there would be enough light, so I set up […]
Painting Another Sequoia Panel (+ an Infomercial)
The panel isn’t made out of sequoia wood; the panel is made out of ?? wood, and I am painting a sequoia tree on it. Sequoia gigantea is the official name for the redwood trees in Sequoia National Park, not the redwoods of northern California, called Sequoia sempervirens. Those are tall; ours are thick. Two […]
Tackling an Unfinished Project
Trail Guy nailed some boards together for me several years ago, and I painted redwood trees on them. We got on a roll, and he pounded a few more of these panels together, but sales slowed and I moved on. We were cleaning out an area in the workshop and 2 of these appeared. I […]
Is it Legal to Sell Sequoia Trees?
It is if they are painted. I don’t mean to go out with some spray paint and deface a redwood: I mean make an oil painting of a Sequoia gigantea, AKA redwood AKA big tree. These 6×18” oil paintings sell very steadily. Here is Sequoia Gigantea XXVI from beginning to completion. At the time of […]
New Little Oil Paintings
This is the little studio where I draw, not the room where I paint. Jackson took my chair. This is the room where I paint, called the workshop. Two little poppy paintings, drying for Stem & Stone, a new gift shop in Three Rivers. One little sequoia, also drying for the new shop. Jackson joined […]
Before the Solo Show “Simply Home”
Today’s post is a bit behind reality, a peek into what happened before the show was hung or opened. When I got home from Monterey, I had to dive into getting all my work together to deliver to CACHE, the gallery hosting my solo show, “Simply Home”. More than anything, I wanted to detail and […]
Continuing to Paint in Summer’s Heat
Summer lasts a little bit too long for my liking. In early July, I was tired of it. That is an unpopular view, and I accept my status as a weirdo in this regard. However, I soldier onward in the heat, thankful for the inadequate swamp cooler in the painting workshop, and the inadequate wall […]
Another Big Tree
Tall narrow canvases with oil paintings of Sequoia trees sell steadily, so I paint them steadily. Sentinel Tree, 6×18″, $165 This one is modeled after the Sentinel Tree, in front of the Giant Forest Market, now a museum. I say “modeled after”, because I no longer feel the need to duplicate every branch as it […]
Bright Fruit and Sequoia Trees on the Easels
After a chunk of time away from the easels, I was very happy to return. First I got to finish the fruit painting that will be a gift. (I will be GIVING it, not “gifting” it.) I started this quite awhile ago, working from a photo shared with me by one of my drawing students. […]