Art We Wonderful

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. […]

Travel-Inspired Art

My Julia Roberts Moment

Have you ever tried to recreate a favourite movie moment? In recent memory, I believe that I’ve done it only once – in the autumn of 2016 in Florence. My […]

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The Personality of Buildings

For my latest two miniature paintings, I’ve been wooed by buildings with very distinctive personalities! A few years ago, we visited the village of Saint-Paul de Vence outside Nice, France […]

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Artist Laughs In Flowers

Earth laughs in flowers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson I love this quote! I guess as an artist, I may laugh in flowers, too, because 3 of my recent miniature paintings […]

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Positano Bites Deep

Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone. – John Steinbeck Wow, that has […]

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A Tuscan Morning Memory

In 2011, we stayed a week in the Maremma district of Tuscany at a lovely rustic country resort that had once been a seminary and boys school. The collection of […]

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History Repurposed

“In my town, we tear down every old building. It’s a disgrace!”, the woman said as she looked over my miniature paintings of Italian architecture. This isn’t the first time […]

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Better Days Behind or Ahead?

I could see this door from quite a distance. The bright red-orange popped against the black painted building. As an avid door lover, I rushed toward it, and when I […]

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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? […]

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