Angel Awe
Most years since I’ve become an artist, I strive to complete an original painting to use as my holiday card image. Last year, I didn’t get to paint one as […]
Old Life, New Life
I’ve painted a number of non-traditional gardens in Italy. Pots hugging walls on the sidewalk. Pots filling the tiniest of balconies. Pots rigged in makeshift window boxes. As lawn spaces […]
What Awaits Over Your Shoulder
In preparing a trip to Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula a few years ago, a friend advised a very particular route to drive there. While he said that taking the clockwise route was […]
That’s That Me, Espresso
In 2020, I painted a series of 3 miniatures celebrating one of my favourite things about visiting Italy: the coffee! Yes, I can find awe and wonder in a good […]
A Chianti Hamlet Visit
Above the town of Gaiole in Chianti is a small hilltop hamlet called Vertine. Like most Italian hamlets, the stone dwellings were built around a grand building of some sort […]
Inspiration in the Small Stuff
Can’t wait to see what you make from this trip! Looking forward to what inspiration you bring back to your art! I wonder what you’ll paint first when you get […]
Recalling A Perfect Day In Watercolour
After years of travelling, I’ve learned that not every day abroad resembles the cruise line TV commercial or the travel brochure or someone’s gorgeous Instagram feed. In fact, most days […]
Where Have I Been?
Selective memory is an odd phenomenon. My memory has recently selected to think I had last blogged to you all this past fall. Uh… no. Seems it was almost 7 […]
Can’t Stop Painting Her!
Who is the “Her”? Florence, Italy She’s still my favourite city to visit. Even in the stifling heat of summer or in the spring downpours. Even with thousands of tourists […]
Under Her Watchful Eye
This new 5″ x 5″ painting contains some of my favourite things to paint – stone walls, rustic doors, shutters, flower pots and boxes, and my new favourite thing, the […]
A Chianti Classic- oh!
For my last painting of 2022, I chose to paint a street scene from our month in Lecchi in Chianti, Tuscany – one of our travel highlights. You’d be right […]
Happy Holidays!
May your holiday season be filled with joy, laughter and love! Painting: “Da Forli Angel – Olive Branch”; 5″ x 6″ ink and watercolour; the 5th in a series of […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan 