A Lavender Painting

Barbara’s French Lavender, 8×10, oil on wrapped canvas, private collection

This is a view of my friend Barbara’s French Lavender in Three Rivers. Livingston Lavender Farms, named after her grandmother who built the home, will be open soon for you to come harvest lavender. June 15? More will be revealed.

Imagine a blank journal with lines inside and this painting on the cover for around $15. Aren’t you just itching to own and use one?

A Yarn Painting Finds a New Home

Whenever I find myself with a little waiting time, spare time, car time, or am procrastinating, I usually knit. Makes sense that an artist who loves to knit would also paint yarn, yes?

oil painting of yarn

Loves Cotton, Loves to Knit, 8×8″, oil on wrapped canvas, $100



A quilting friend also loves to knit, and she bought one of my yarn paintings called “From Ewe to Yarn”. I thought that was a great name for a great painting of some great yarn, and she agreed! Here is a photo of her studio with the painting. She sent it to me with the caption of “Where’s the Yarn?”

Can you see it?

Daily Painting, 10

Sunny Sequoia IXX, 8×8″, oil on wrapped canvas, $75

When I belonged to the Colored Pencil Society of America, there was a tradition. At every annual juried show, there was a piece called “Paper Bag #_____”. The numbers went quite high, the pieces were always well done, they were a little boring, and they ALWAYS made it into the juried show! When the slide show took place at the convention, the paper bag was an anticipated piece, and it ALWAYS caused laughter.

What does that have to do with anything? Series: I learned about painting in series, naming series, numbering, keeping track and making tiny adjustments and corrections as I repeated a subject over and over. Besides, if it is a popular subject and customers ask for it, an artist can hardly say “Nope, it has been done already.” Okay, an artist can say that, but she would be stubborn and missing lots of opportunities. Me? not about to miss the opportunity to keep painting better and better Sequoias, poppies, oranges, whatever is appropriate to Tulare County in particular, California in general. And, whatever is popular! (gotta be honest here!)

Still Painting

Just in case you were wondering, I am continuing to produce oil paintings for my upcoming solo show at the Tulare Historical Museum. The opening will be May 5, a Thursday. May sounds far away, but there are really only about 5 weeks left for painting. Instead of showing you paintings as I complete them, I will just give you hints of what will be in the show. Ooh, is that fair? Is it causing you to get out your calendars? Good! 😎

There will be poppies. 4 paintings, each 8×8″, $75. Just sayin’, as the popular cliche goes. I think it means that I am making sure you have the information, but what you do with it is up to you, no pressure. OF COURSE there will be poppies – I am a California artist!