Category: Beatty Nevada

  • Diary of a Residency, Day 10, February 25, 2009

    It was a great day of painting. So great I forgot to photograph what I did. The desert has its own demands. Yesterday at about 5 PM I photographed and looked closely at today’s scene (approximately what is in the photo above.) But in looking at the scene around 10 AM today, I decided not…

  • Diary of a Residency, Day 9, February 24, 2009

    It was a busy day and started with various “challenges” including a notice from Amazon that they would immediately send out my new laptop (ordered last night) to Portland and bill me in Beatty.  Not!!!!  I found a contact number, emailed them, and then got them to call me — before I had drunk even…

  • Diary of a Residency, Day 8, February 22, 2009

    Day 8.  Arrived at the Barn about 9 AM. Put my rock on the circle immediately. Hiked cross country toward the Open Air Museum to suss out a painting spot.Found the first intact bottle I’ve yet come across. It even seems to have a bit of age to it, yet it’s whole! The desert floor…