Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan

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 […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Miniature Art

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. […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Miniature Art

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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