The Redbud Festival is coming soon. First weekend in May this year, and at the Memorial Building in Three Rivers, which is a new location. As usual, I have no idea what to expect in terms of visitation or sales. A crystal ball certainly would be useful. Oh well. Guess I’ll just paint a combination […]
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 […]
Mineral King in February?
Nope, I’m not there. (Where did the word “nope” come from??) But, it is Friday, so have a look at some Mineral King art from my pencil archives: Fret not. Summer will return. Mineral King is one of the treasures of Tulare County, a place I love. We break for this commercial message: This pencil […]
It Snowed in Three Rivers
Of course it snowed in Mineral King too. You can see 2 Mineral King valley views on webcams here. We might get snow about once a year in Three Rivers. It doesn’t stick, but it is beautiful while it is here. This was on Saturday, December 7. I was too busy to show you then. […]
2014 Tulare County Calendars Here Now!
12/11/13 – 3 calendars available 12/1/13 CALENDARS SOLD OUT! 12/10/13 – 4 calendars left! 12/9/13 – 8 calendars remaining! As of 12/6/13, there are only 23 calendars remaining. When they are gone, they are gone. If you only said, “Save me one”, and you still want it, use Paypal NOW. The 2014 calendar of Tulare […]
A Bazaar With Knitting, Calendars, Tees, and a Mineral King Box
That is a bizarre title; please be impressed with the way I incorporated Mineral King into a Friday post. (Tahoe is postponed until next week.) Would you like to see some of the things I will have at tomorrow’s bazaar? Great, glad you asked. The lavender purse is spoken for – please forgive me for […]
Your Opinion Sought
Greetings, oh Gentle and Faithful Blog Readers. Last year I printed a calendar of paintings. This year I have only been working on The Cabins of Wilsonia drawings and a few commissioned paintings. I don’t have any new paintings for a calendar. On my computer there are 21,500 photographs. With the help of my husband’s honest […]
Painting the Kaweah Post Office Again
Commissions are good! They mean I get to paint something that has a definite buyer. They are the opposite of speculation painting. Contractors build “spec houses”. It means they build a house like the Field of Dreams philosophy, in anticipation of a buyer. (“Spec” is short for speculation, not specifications.) Very few artists admit to […]
Commissioned Pencil Drawing, Completed
Being able to draw scenes like this is one of the main reasons I am a California artist in Tulare County. Don’t you just want to live here? Forget it – we have high unemployment, bad air, and lots of fat people. There. A one-woman population control committee. That’s me!
Commissioned Pencil Drawing Coming Up
I’m drawing my brains out, working on The Cabins of Wilsonia. (Okay, I’m not really drawing my brains out – I need them for stuff like posting to my blog. Try not to take me too literally here.) When I get commissions, I take a break from that Giant Project. There is a house here in […]