I had taken the source photo for this latest mini piece a few years ago, trying my best to get a little bit of everything wonderful about Venice’s Piazza San […]
At my Pop Up Show in February, I was asked a number of times if I had “3 of” (insert subject/city name). I learned that people really like 3’s! And […]
For Mini Vacations miniature #20, you can see that I’m still wandering around Venice (and will be for a few more pieces)! Venice is a very confusing place to wander in […]
Looking through all my source photos to decide what to paint for my next Mini Vacations piece, I came across this Venice canal shot from a 2007 trip. It was one […]
February days in Canada bring on daydreams of sunny warm places! My subconscious desires for warmth must have been driving the subject choices for these 2 art cards. Positano […]
My latest art card (#16) features bricks! Of course it does! I have a thing for drawing and painting bricks, if you haven’t noticed. But painting all those bricks was […]
Several times I hummed Jonn Mellencamp’s “Pink Houses” while I was drawing and painting art card #15. This pink house, while not so little, is found in Barga in northwest […]
I’ve painted so many scenes that contain wooden shutters, especially the green ones found everywhere in Italy. In the south of France, those shutters are often a light blue. I’ve […]
I could probably make all 100 art cards from pictures of fountains I’ve taken! But for now, here’s just one of them for card #13 – the lion fountain in […]
These 2 art cards come from images of vacation places I’ve stayed at a few times – places where the settings and the people have given me profound moments of connection and peace. […]
I decided to try to “lighten my load” this week by painting a few “mini vacations” art cards of flower pots, taken from our photos. Get away from winding streets, shutters, […]