When there is work to be done, I’d rather get it done than postpone it. Someone has described people like me as “precrastinators” rather than procrastinators.
Commission #1 – Kaweah Colony blacksmith shop
This mess on canvas is becoming the Kaweah Colony’s blacksmith shop. The background doesn’t show in the photo, so I went to the site where it used to be until the flood of 1997 took it out. The camera battery was dead, so I drew the shape of the background hill on tissue paper laid over the photo.
The customer requested autumn coloring. I’ll figure it out. . . layer by layer.
Commission #2 – Oak Grove Bridge
Some folks bought this painting of the Oak Grove Bridge as a gift. 
They decided they want one for themselves, so I am painting another one. This is the painting on the cover of the sold out 2017 calendar. I saved one for myself, something I haven’t always done in the past. Good thing, because it is helping me, along with the photo, of course.
