Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan

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 […]

Sketches & Mini's

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 […]

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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 […]

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Open Door Policy

It is said that when you travel you become braver. Is that true of you? In my case, I’ve found that the more I travel, the more confident and brave […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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Tuscan’t Help Myself!

Do you most often travel to new places or to your favourites? On a recent podcast of The Bittersweet Life, the hosts discussed a traveller’s inclination to revisit the same […]

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There’s Always A Movie Showing In My Head

I’ve come to this conclusion recently… like, last night recently. […]

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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 […]

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Making The Practical Beautiful

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Albert Einstein I have a long-standing fascination with the relationship between beauty and practicality, and more specifically […]

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 […]

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Lunchtime in the South of France

Travel is wishing for one more bite of whatever that just was. – Nick Miller It’s probably a cliche to say one of the best things I ever ate was […]

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A Surprise Around Every Corner

It’s Carnevale time in Venice! Are you there? Sadly, I’m not, but it’s one of those experiences on my ever-growing list. I decided that if I can’t be there in […]

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Blissed Out In Bellagio

When you hear the words “Lake Como”, what comes to mind? According to a recent New York Times story about Lake Como, you’d be in the majority if you said “George […]

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Planning Is Half The Fun!

Having had to cancel a short painting trip to Mexico a few weeks ago (thanks, stomach flu!), I decided to roll all that travel energy into planning a bigger trip […]

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