Because it is raining while I write this, I am thinking about water. A few years ago, we had a very wet winter after several dry ones, and I became obsessed with watching flowing water. Here are some of the results. I was quite pleased with the drawings and pretty proud of the titles too. […]
Before and After, New and Improved
As I study some of my paintings and live with them, I see ways to make them better. So, I touch them up to improve them. Just another peek into the work of a Tulare County artist, bumbling along here in Central California. Sometimes you just can’t tell on a computer screen because they photographed […]
New Cards
A Sore Subject
A drawing student of mine recounted a conversation she had with an elderly artist from here in Tulare County. She told him she was taking oil painting lessons from someone in the area, and the old artist said, “That’s not creative – that’s just copying”. Ow. That struck a nerve with me. What is or […]
Little Spots of Beauty
Today I am sharing pictures with you that are apparently unrelated and don’t have much to do with my art business. This is just a peek into a few things in my life that are appealing to me, little spots of beauty that I automatically seek out wherever I am, including at the kitchen sink. […]
Getting Started
The commissioned oil painting combining two Tulare County scenes feels like a mini-mural. 18×24″ is HUGE when I am accustomed to 8×10″ or 6×18″. Often I have pondered why it is that a mural feels sort of easy because of its large size when a large oil painting feels daunting. Is it the number of […]
Further Figuring Out
This is Chapter Two in the story of figuring out how to design one commissioned oil painting of two different Tulare County landmarks. As a Tulare County artist, I am pleased to have been chosen for the task. The customer requested a different view of Homer’s Nose, and I have 5 photos from that point […]
Random Roundup
We got rain and snow and clear bright days. I painted 3 poppies, thinking they would be quick and easy. Fall down laughing. I have had to reshape and reshape and relayer and wait and relayer yet again and on and on and on. . . this is just one of the three poppies that […]
More Blogging Thoughts
I googled “middle-aged bloggers” and found several. One site posted an invitation for middle-aged bloggers to comment and put their site links in the comments, so I clicked through and read some of them. They are sort of boring. Lots of talk about why they started blogging, talk about their grandchildren, their new lives with […]
Thoughts on Success in Art
I have 3 nephews. 2 of them are “creatives”, one an accomplished graphic artist supporting a wife and 2 children, and the other about to start his junior year in college as a music major. Might be performing arts, might be music theory. . . can’t remember exactly and embarrassed by asking him too often. […]