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 [...]
Mar 13 2013
A couple of oil paintings sold, so I moved them from their pages on the website to the Sold page. In the process, I realized that several paintings are not on the site that should be. Kaweah River in Fall, 10×10″, $125 They won’t load. Technology confounds me once again. Just when I think I [...]
Mar 11 2013
Trail Guy has used the same Cabela’s commuter mug for more years than I can remember while he was Road Guy. A week before he retired, it fell inside one of his big yellow machines. The handle broke. ONE WEEK before he retired! (Reminded me of the old song called “My Grandfather’s Clock”, but in [...]
Mar 07 2013
Because my self-imposed drawing quota for The Cabins of Wilsonia was met for February, I used the last week of the month to knock out a few oil paintings. Two are commissions, and the rest are to sell at the Three Rivers gallery Colors. Here they are in progress: Kind of nice to be working in [...]
Feb 14 2013
“Loosiosity” is a word coined by my customer/student/friend Sara. Because it is one of those self-defining words, I’m guessing that you can figure it out. Sara commissioned me to paint a scene for her based on a piece of art she had seen and loved. I had a little photo of that art, but didn’t want [...]
Jan 25 2013
Last time I tackled the word “inspiration”. Today I am addressing motivation. Motivation: the desire and willingness to do something If I am mentally stimulated to do something creative, why don’t I Nike? (just do it) I might have the mental stimulation, or the idea, but inertia is a problem. Too many other things to [...]
Jan 15 2013
But wait! There’s more. . . Big Tree IV, 6×18″, oil on wrapped canvas, $125 This should have a BUY NOW button, but my shopping cart isn’t working and I don’t know if the shopping cart on the website is the same as the shopping cart on the blog and after trying over and over [...]
Jan 14 2013
When you grow up in the same county as the Sequoia Gigantea, you tend to call these guys “big trees”. That is sort of a Duh thing, but maybe we are a little duh-ish in Tulare County. As a graduate of Redwood High School, you’d think I’d call them “Redwoods”. But Noooo, I still call [...]
Jan 09 2013
I know, I know. I’m not painting this year, EXCEPT when I have a commission to do. I think it is funny that on the very first working day of 2013 when I am supposed to have a laser-like focus on The Cabins of Wilsonia, there I am, at the easel! Some people saw my [...]
