Walking isn’t as easy as it used to be. I walk shorter distances more slowly than I used to, wearing Crocs instead of these shoes, which I now have listed on eBay. Until the time change, my friend and I walked in the dark. Sometimes it felt adventuresome, as if we were getting away with […]
Painting in the Workshop
Most artists paint in their studios. I reserve my studio for drawing and business-ish activities and do my painting in the building next door, a workshop. This is because painting is messier than drawing. I started with the commissioned piece which is now called Tom-ato’s Last Mater. A man named Tom was known for growing […]
Friday: Three Rivers, Not Mineral King
Normally you get to read about Mineral King on Fridays, but I have nothing to show or tell you. Maybe you only look at the pictures anyway. Maybe I am just talking to myself. . . We went for a bikeride, curious about the firecamp at the Lions’ Roping Arena and the former Three Rivers […]
Fighting Fires From Three Rivers
A friend with property in the line of the current fire (Coffeepot Fire) called on Tuesday to say that fixed wing aircraft were dipping water out of Lake Kaweah. Trail Guy said, “Do you mean helicopters?” Friend said, “No, fixed wings”. Trail Guy told me, and I said, “Do you mean helicopters?” He said, “No, […]
Fire Thoughts
Almost 3 weeks ago, there was a thunder and lightning storm in Mineral King. A lightning strike started a fire, and it looked as if it would be quick to suppress the thing. Being somewhat cynical, perhaps because we’ve lived through the “easy to suppress” lightning strikes in 2020 and 2021, I had my doubts […]
19 Oil Paintings Sold in May, June and July
Kaweah Arts in Three Rivers (now located in The Dome) and the store at the Silver City Resort 4 miles below Mineral King have been selling steadily for me so far this summer. When times are slow, it is easy to start thinking: “I’m a has-been. My prices are too high/too low. I’ve saturated the […]
Assorted Photos with Chit-Chat
If you look in the shadows between (and beyond) the 2 chairs, you might be able to discern a doe with 2 fawns, probably born that very day. While getting gas at the Four-way (local vernacular for an important intersection), I snapped this photo. Barns this classic and oak trees this majestic, quercus lobata, are […]
Just a Regular Work Day
Well, not exactly regular, because it involved gathering paintings from Kaweah Arts and pricing them for the Redbud Festival. But that is all part of the business of art in the life of your Central California Artist. I started 3 new sequoia paintings so that Kaweah Arts has back stock. Then it was time to […]
Redbud Festival Today
Hey, friends. Today was Day One of the two-day Redbud Festival in Three Rivers. This year it has returned to the Lions Roping Arena, a great big outdoor space. There is good signage leading to it, but in case you are wondering, cross the Kaweah on North Fork Drive (just before Sierra Subs), go about […]
Back to Business – The Redbud Festival!
I’ve been telling you about Texas so eagerly that I almost forgot to tell you about the Redbud Festival. It is traditionally on Mother’s Day Weekend. This year it will return to the Lions Roping Arena in Three Rivers. I haven’t participated in a few years, but this time your Central California artist will be […]