Miniature Art

Moving Forward By Looking Back

I make art to show my soul I am listening. – Pat Wiederspan Jones After a very ambitious 2018, I entered 2019 a little rundown and in need of an […]

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Standing The Silly-Test Of Time

Have you travelled somewhere and decades later it still comes up in conversation at least once a week? Maybe it was exquisitely beautiful or you had a most happy memory […]

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Going It Alone

Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than […]

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Mum’s The Word!

What’s your favourite time of year? Autumn is definitely my favourite! I love the colours, the crunching of leaves under foot, the sky’s a little true-bluer, and I even welcome […]

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Travel WITH Friends, Travel TO Friends

A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. -Tim Cahill Over the last few weeks, I’ve been curating my miniature paintings for my first solo show, looking for […]

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The Doors of Portugal – Part Two

As the days become more blustery here in Canada, my thoughts have been returning to sunnier times, like walking through the streets of Porto this past summer. Awhile back I […]

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Through The Eyes Of A Stranger

Niagara On The Lake, Ontario is a favourite weekend destination for locals and visitors from around the world, sitting upstream from the famous and busy Niagara Falls. Its main streets […]

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Do Your Eyes See or Feel?

One eye sees, the other feels. – Paul Klee At a recent art show, some visitors to my booth asked if I had done any pieces of the neighbourhood we […]

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Approach Every Door With Humility

After painting more than 30 miniature doors, I thought I had this whole “door thing” down – wrong! My latest series of doors have knocked me around quite a bit. […]

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Making Your Mark

Have you ever put your name or initials somewhere you shouldn’t have? When I was young, I liked to carve my initials into things – I can recall a few […]

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The Doors of Portugal – Part One

Back from 3 weeks of travel, my Camera Roll is bursting with new subjects for paintings. And some favourite subjects for paintings, like doors, doors and more doors! I can’t […]

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Home Is Often Where The Beauty Is

This past weekend, I took part in a large outdoor art show in downtown Toronto. Thousands of people attended, many of whom were visitors from other parts of the world. […]