May 24 2013
Question: How many paintings can one California artist produce about the same area of the world? Answer: As many as she wants. Allll-righty- then! Sawtooth X, 6×6, oil on wrapped canvas, $50, available here or at the Silver City Store, aka Silver City Resort Mineral King Road, 6×6, oil on wrapped canvas, $50, available here [...]
May 23 2013
The Mineral King Preservation Society maintains a mini-museum inside the Honeymoon Cabin. Trail Guy and The Captain (frequently referred to in this blog) are both board members of the MKPS. Cowboy Bert and I help, because we are married to these board members. Honeymoon Cabin, pencil drawing, $300, 11×14 framed, for sale here What are [...]
May 22 2013
NEWS FLASH – just received an email stating the gates are unlocked TODAY! This week, probably on Friday, but maybe on Thursday (this is the government we are talking about here), the gates to Mineral King will open. A major source of inspiration for this California artist, that’s Mineral King! Welcome back, people. Did you [...]
May 17 2013
Last summer, the Silver City Store sold a pile of paintings for me. This summer I am preparing in advance, so each time I stop by and see one is gone, I can put another in its place. I had a stack ready to go, and then 2 of them sold. Nope, I don’t mind [...]
May 07 2013
It has been about 2 months since this California Artist did any oil painting. When I take a long hiatus*, I wonder if I will be able to paint any more. I used to have that little niggling worry about drawing when several weeks would pass without my picking up a drawing pencil (unless I [...]
May 03 2013
It has been a dry winter. Trail Guy has been hiking this week. Wow. This is early early early. This is our friend and neighbor Keith. He is eating an orange on the bridge on April 26, 2013. There doesn’t appear to be any snow. Early early early. The Park is officially opening the gate [...]
Apr 05 2013
Not much snow on Sawtooth. Not much snow in the valley looking toward Farewell Gap. No snow on the south-facing slopes; not much snow on the north facing slope on the Sawtooth trail. Not much snow for March.
Mar 22 2013
Someone took a trip up to Mineral King. It wasn’t me. I was working on The Cabins of Wilsonia. My camera had a nice time. There isn’t much snow. It might be a good idea to pray for a March Miracle in the precipitation department.
Mar 15 2013
Hey, have you seen this yet? This is a Trail Guy tee shirt. It matches faded denim, has a custom embroidered Mineral King logo, is 100% cotton, comes in M, L, and XL. It costs $25 with tax and we’ll mail it to you for free. If you buy enough, we might be able to [...]
Feb 15 2013
Fridays are still for Mineral King, when I have Mineral King information for you. Do you remember reading on my blog back in September when I told you that Trail Guy had a great idea? You can refresh your memory here. Go ahead. I’ll be waiting for you to return. Thanks for coming back! Here [...]
