A Signature of Italian Summers
When travelling in Italy, let it be known that we brake for sunflowers! Whenever we find a field, it’s very common for us to pull our rental car over to […]
Sunday Morning In Orvieto
Mother’s Day, 2017. Orvieto, Italy. I’m alone and missing home. I awake early and decide not to linger over coffee, but instead head out into the streets to explore and […]
County Roads, Take Me Home
The best journey takes you home. My art practice is inspired by travel, specifically recreating those travel moments where I (and others) have been moved by memorable encounters and extraordinary […]
Nineteen
Three years ago, I visited the National September 11 Memorial in New York City. It’s an incredibly moving and powerful place – have you been? For me, it produced all […]
A Big Bright Star
Look what I found in Cherry Valley, Ontario this summer! While on a recent trip to Prince Edward County, we came upon this vintage Texaco station that someone had […]
A Little Tuscan Love Moment
Fifteen years ago, I got kissed on this spot in Pienza, Italy. I was lost in the vista from this winding promenade high above a wall. The sunny Tuscan valley […]
The Path Thankfully Taken
Night had fallen. The December air had become quite cold without the Italian sunshine, and everyone in the family was anxious to get back to the warmth of our rental […]
Doors Actually… Make Me Giggle Too
I’m often asked about how I choose painting subjects. I look for the subject to make me feel something, like awe, appreciation, wonder, pride, connection, joy, amusement… and the list […]
Doors Actually
After 4 years of painting angels for the holidays, I’m mixing it up for 2019 with two painting subjects I absolutely love – doors and Italy! Last Christmas in Rome, […]
Channelling Glamour In Portofino
On my first visit to Portofino, I walked up to Castello Brown above the harbour to see a photography exhibit, featuring many Hollywood stars of the 50s and 60s that […]
He Was Always On My Mind
I’ve never thought much about the adage that “art imitates life”, however with my latest 2 paintings, I’m beginning to understand there may be a lot of truth in that […]
My Cinque Terre Recipe
Do you have a place that no matter how many times you visit, it never fails to move you in some way? The Cinque Terre region of Italy is one […]
Bright Lights Nostalgia
A few months ago I went on a hunt in Toronto for “ghost signs” – those painted advertisements on the sides of buildings from the first half of the 1900’s […]
Taking My Sweet, Sweet Time
During a summer day the five towns of Italy’s Cinque Terre can be bustling and crowded, but once the day-trippers and beach-goers depart, these towns take on a very different […]
A Fisherman’s Door
SEA You challenge time since the dawn of the world. These words were carved in Italian into the stone plaque beside this door facing the docks in the beautiful seaside […]
From Imagination To Reality
When I was a kid I’d love to visit my aunt and uncle’s house. They had a TV room that was filled with travel momentos brought back from all corners […]
