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 […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Brick by Brick

I have this habit of drawing somewhat loosely to start, and then some detail will pique my curiosity or admiration and I’ll think “well, I have to add that”. I’ll go […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Sketching A Warmer Memory for #inktober

As the colder weather is now here, I turned to one of my favourite warmer subjects to sketch and paint: Positano, Italy. This drawing is from a photo I took […]

Travel-Inspired Art

The Allure Of The “Little Side Street”

This past spring, I stayed in the small village of […]

Travel-Inspired Art

The Parisian Affliction of Floral Indecision

In 2008, a friend and I went to France where I took a zillion photos. Like most of my travel photos pre-ArtWeWonderful days, they sat on my computer gathering virtual […]

Travel-Inspired Art

The Little Sketchpad On Vacation

The title sounds like a children’s book, doesn’t it. Maybe I should just go with it! Once upon a time there was a little sketchpad named Mimi who lived inside […]

Travel-Inspired Art

A Summer Road Trip to the Gaspé – Part 2

More art-making from last week’s 6-day whirlwind car trip to […]

Travel-Inspired Art

A Summer Road Trip to Gaspé – Part 1

Summer isn’t summer without a road trip of some sort in our household. So, last week my husband and I drove from Toronto to the Gaspé region of Québec to […]