For the past several summers, I have sold oil paintings of Mineral King scenes at the Silver City Store.

This summer I took up 3 6×6″ and 3 8×10″. Each time I go to Mineral King, I stop by the store (we think of it as “The Store”) to see how the paintings are selling. I missed a weekend, and then stopped by again.

THEY WERE ALL SOLD!

The reason I stopped by was that I met some great folks who wanted to talk about Israel. Then the woman asked my last name (weird, I know, but someone introduced us by first name and mentioned I had been to Israel) and was all excited to meet me.

Hunh?

Turns out she buys a painting by me each year when she comes to her Mineral King cabin.

It is quite a thrill to meet a stranger who buys my art, because often I wonder if it is just my friends and relatives who feel sorry for me that buy my work.

The business of art is a perilously emotional see-saw.

Please excuse me while I go find a chill-pill and then start painting again.