Travel-Inspired Art

Portovenere Poetry

…and now, fair Italy! ⁠Thou art the Garden of the World, the Home ⁠Of all Art yields, and Nature can decree; ⁠Even in thy desert, what is like to thee? […]

Travel-Inspired Art

A Corking Good Bike

I’m a sucker for a decorative bicycle! Put a colourful bike in front of a shop or a restaurant, and dress it up with baskets or flowers, and I will […]

Sketches & Mini's

Women Wandering

She was free in her wilderness She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. – Roman Payne (“The Wanderess”) To celebrate a milestone birthday a few years back, I […]

Travel-Inspired Art

L’amore di La Morra

Lovers of Italian red wine will know the town of La Morra in the Piemonte region, famous for its Barolo and Barbera varietals. But if you don’t fancy wine, is […]

Sketches & Mini's

Tuscan’t Help Myself… Part 2

I love a good story and Tuscany is full of them! My latest Tuscan miniature painting is set at the site of a fantastic one! In the 12th-century, a wealthy […]

Sketches & Mini's

Doing The Laundry, Venice-Style

Doing the laundry is not one of my favourite chores. Seeing laundry flapping in the wind on an outdoor clothesline, however… is one of my favourite images. Taking in frozen […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Taking A Break On An Italian Ridge

Doesn’t a February break in the towns of the Cinque Terre, Italy sound good? Last February, I held my break in Riomaggiore. This February, I selected Corniglia as my town […]

Travel-Inspired Art

While Visions of Red Wine Danced in Her Head

Maybe it’s all the holiday get-togethers… Or maybe it’s the cold weather upon us in Canada… My thoughts have turned to red wine! I don’t drink a lot of it […]

My Art

The Better Angels of Our Nature This Holiday… And Every Day

This year more than any other, the concept of “the […]

Sketches & Mini's

A Mini Takes A Mini Vacation

On my recent trip to Italy, I took along a Mini ink and watercolour piece in progress – yes, a Mini Vacation on a Mini Vacation! I have wanted to […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Sketching Success On The Road

It’s been a month since I’ve posted because I’ve been on the road! Where else? La Bella Italia! This time my trip was part-business (lots of spring photos to take […]

Travel-Inspired Art

A Year In The Making

On May 1, 2015, I was issued an art challenge, and on May 2, 2016, I finished it. I was taken to the top steps of the Comune di Cortona […]

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Art We Wonderful

creating my way thru the world

Travel-Inspired Art

Portovenere Poetry

A Corking Good Bike

Women Wandering

L’amore di La Morra

Tuscan’t Help Myself… Part 2

Doing The Laundry, Venice-Style

Taking A Break On An Italian Ridge

While Visions of Red Wine Danced in Her Head

The Better Angels of Our Nature This Holiday… And Every Day

A Mini Takes A Mini Vacation

Sketching Success On The Road

A Year In The Making