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Jana Botkin's Blog

Posting 5 days a week about the realities of earning a living as an artist in Tulare County, California's fly-over country.

February Fotos (or Phebruary Photos?)

If you live in California or other moderate climates, you can wait until January to plant daffodils. The

Finished.

I DID IT! For the first time in many years, I kept track of how long this took.

Getting it Done Anyway

This may be the most difficult pencil drawing commission I’ve ever accepted. I’m getting it done anyway. I

Dropped on my Head?

Maybe I had a stroke. A memory lapse. A fugue state. Whatever happened, I am now in the

Early Spring in Three Rivers

If you have followed my blog for a few years (THANK YOU!), you may recall that I love

Walking in the Dark

One morning when I shuffled carefully down the driveway by flashlight in the dark toward my neighbor waiting

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