Jana Botkin | Cabin Art

Doesn’t look like very much in terms of the entire wall, but some square footage was covered today. And look at the sunshine! The day began in thick cold fog, quite a shock from sunny Three Rivers!  

Today my plan was to paint on the scaffolding without moving it until it was time to photograph the day’s work. The plan worked! I just kept going down to a lower shelf until I ended the day on the ladder. Can’t wait until tomorrow because I get to start on the Honeymoon Cabin! This is what [...]

In January I wrote a short posting about bridges. In it I stated that whoever was the first to name the 3 beautiful bridges in Tulare County would receive a reproduction print from me of one of those bridges. The winner is Stan from Woodlake and he correctly named Pumpkin Hollow (the bridge at the [...]

On one of the rainy days, Inspector Gadget went to the mural and let me know that the old store and post office needed work. Today it received work, and here are the results.  Because it was sprinkling and threatening rain all day, I worked from the ladder instead of the scaffolding. It is easier to [...]

No pictures today just yet – this is about posting to the blog.  I don’t know what the deal is with this WordPress thing, but quite a few of you tell me you have trouble with it. Sometimes you try to post for the first time and it kicks you off. Funny thing is, some [...]

. . . DON’T “always get me down”, although I loved loved loved the Carpenters. It was too risky to paint today in the rain, so I worked on these at home. The second one is a commissioned piece, and the “commissioner” enjoys seeing the progress so I thought you might be interested too. It looks [...]

When I paint at home, it is usually in silence and solitude. Sometimes I listen to the radio or to music. Sometimes I talk on the phone, but only if it rings or there are calls that need to be made. Some days the only person I talk to is the UPS driver. Sometimes there [...]

(Such creative titles lately) Today I painted mostly without incident (never mind the forehead smash against the scaffolding board tail when I leaned over to lock the wheels). There were lots of nice visitors – some folks from Scotland, Marge and Lou from Three Rivers,  and my dental hygienist were some of the guests today. [...]

Has it really only been seven days of painting??? Today was a very very very clear day, and the mountains were showing off (the real ones, not the ones in the mural). Check out my view from the top of the forklift. Sawtooth is the last one visible on the right.With the loan of this [...]

What an incredibly clear and beautiful day! Truly fantastic – February is my favorite month. Too bad it doesn’t have 31 days, and August only 28.  It was not a day of tremendous progress. Betsy helped me figure out that I am slowing myself down by using the photographs to do the first layer of [...]