. . . it’s yours! Some artists don’t like to do commission work. Maybe they don’t like to eat, either. Or maybe they aren’t very good at understanding what other people want. Maybe they are rebellious adolescents trapped in the bodies of adults. I like commissions. It is a fun challenge to make a visual […]
Committing Commissions
This is not a commission. It is a do-over. I painted this when I was new to oil painting, and recently I figured out how to do it better. I painted right over the top, so I didn’t have to figure out any shapes or placement. (Three Rivers is gorgeous in the spring. I […]
Behind the Scenes of the Sequoia Mural
The customer asked for a mural, explained the nature of her business, and I said, “A mural of a trail would be just right!” (Sequoia Outdoor Sports will be renting camping and backpacking gear to visitors to Sequoia National Park.) I brought several photos and paintings of trail scenes with me to meet the owner […]
Sequoia Mural Completed
(Happy Birthday, Younger Sister!) Here is Three Rivers’ latest mural on the building that is to soon house Sequoia Outdoor Sports. Right now I am thinking YIPPEE SKIPPEE! I usually really like my murals when I see the photos at the end of the day. If not, I go back and paint some more. If […]
Sequoia Mural
(I wanted to call this Big Trees, Little Mural, but the word Sequoia is more likely to be found by Mr. Google. Is Mr. Google the new version of “the Man”??) This white panel is about 6 feet wide and 7 feet high and it is READY to be painted! This is the entire gonna-be-a-business, […]
California Art
(Tomorrow I will have a guest post on Brendon Wilson’s blog. It will probably cause you to think “Who is this preachy chick and where is Jana The California Artist?” The subject is gossip. . . not related to my blog at all, but a subject that really triggered many thoughts in my pea-brain.) Our […]
Odd Job, continued
Yesterday’s interview continues as our interviewer investigates the meaning of redwoods on redwood. So, California Artist who has redwoods on redwood, what is the deal? No deal. It’s a commission. It is unusual, so I’m calling it an “odd job”. Who commissions stuff like this? Someone who loves redwoods. Come on!! What’s the deal? The […]
Odd Jobs
Oh-oh, here comes that interviewer again. Hey California Artist, what are those? They are Giant Sequoias, aka Big Trees, or for those Rangers out there, they are Redwoods. Yes, I can see that, but that doesn’t look like canvas to me on that easel. Me either. So what is it? Redwood. Those are redwoods on […]
Indoor Mural, Day 2
This California artist has completed Phase One of her indoor mural of Giant Sequoias/Redwoods/Big Trees for some exceptional people of fine taste. They have a particular fondness for these trees, and sell fabulous chairs made from some of the fallen ones (from private land – don’t gitchur knickers in a twist!). You can find them […]
Daily Painting, 10
Sunny Sequoia IXX, 8×8″, oil on wrapped canvas, $75 When I belonged to the Colored Pencil Society of America, there was a tradition. At every annual juried show, there was a piece called “Paper Bag #_____”. The numbers went quite high, the pieces were always well done, they were a little boring, and they ALWAYS […]