Going It Alone
Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than […]
Mum’s The Word!
What’s your favourite time of year? Autumn is definitely my favourite! I love the colours, the crunching of leaves under foot, the sky’s a little true-bluer, and I even welcome […]
Travel WITH Friends, Travel TO Friends
A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. -Tim Cahill Over the last few weeks, I’ve been curating my miniature paintings for my first solo show, looking for […]
The Doors of Portugal – Part Two
As the days become more blustery here in Canada, my thoughts have been returning to sunnier times, like walking through the streets of Porto this past summer. Awhile back I […]
Through The Eyes Of A Stranger
Niagara On The Lake, Ontario is a favourite weekend destination for locals and visitors from around the world, sitting upstream from the famous and busy Niagara Falls. Its main streets […]
Do Your Eyes See or Feel?
One eye sees, the other feels. – Paul Klee At a recent art show, some visitors to my booth asked if I had done any pieces of the neighbourhood we […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
