An Angelic Experience
When I encounter a sunrise, a painting, a woman, or an idea that makes my heart bound like a young calf, then I know I am standing in front of […]
Reconnecting with Puglia
Where will you travel on holiday once you feel you can? Maybe you already have? In an article I was reading this morning, it appears that the majority of us […]
A Short Year-End Reflection
This past April, I bought a gratitude journal… my first ever. I bought it because I could feel myself slipping into a darker place as the pandemic rode its first […]
Italian Coffee Stories
How much does food figure into your travel memories? I can remember places vividly by the food and drink I’ve had. And with my recent miniature series, those delicious memories […]
Painting The Glow
Oh the virus outside is frightful So I look for things delightful And since I’ve nowhere to go Paint the glow, paint the glow, paint the glow! A songwriter, I […]
Still Going All The Way
Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters. – Ernest Hemingway Five years ago this week, I started […]
How A Book Inspired A Painting
… Siena was to me as intimate as a locket you would wear around your neck and yet as complex as a maze. – Hisham Matar, “A Month In Siena” […]
Making Art Just For You
Have you ever thought about commissioning your own piece of art? Before I became an artist, I used to imagine that this was an intimidating process and one reserved only […]
Moving Forward By Looking Back
I make art to show my soul I am listening. – Pat Wiederspan Jones After a very ambitious 2018, I entered 2019 a little rundown and in need of an […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan 