A Pair of Paris
Back in June, I wrote about working on larger pieces and trying to find the motivation to get past the “awkward teenage” phase of these works in progress. (Thanks to […]
Unique Doors in Isolabona
You are as welcome as the flowers in May. -Charles Macklin One more Mini Vacations door! Couldn’t help myself! I came across this unique door in the town of Isolabona, […]
Getting Lost in Venice… On Purpose!
For Mini Vacations miniature #20, you can see that I’m still wandering around Venice (and will be for a few more pieces)! Venice is a very confusing place to wander in […]
Unexpected Pleasures
My latest art card (#16) features bricks! Of course it does! I have a thing for drawing and painting bricks, if you haven’t noticed. But painting all those bricks was […]
Little Pink Houses For You And Me
Several times I hummed Jonn Mellencamp’s “Pink Houses” while I was drawing and painting art card #15. This pink house, while not so little, is found in Barga in northwest […]
Shutters and More Shutters
I’ve painted so many scenes that contain wooden shutters, especially the green ones found everywhere in Italy. In the south of France, those shutters are often a light blue. I’ve […]
Encountering a Lion in Chianti
I could probably make all 100 art cards from pictures of fountains I’ve taken! But for now, here’s just one of them for card #13 – the lion fountain in […]
Or… Beautiful Places with Flower Pots
These 2 art cards come from images of vacation places I’ve stayed at a few times – places where the settings and the people have given me profound moments of connection and peace. […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan 