drawing – Art We Wonderful

Wherefore Art Thou, Internet Guy?

I’ve painted a number of doors from travel photos, but I probably have just as many photos of balconies and windows. Is it the “Juliet thing” that draws me to […]

Travel-Inspired Art

A Year In The Making

On May 1, 2015, I was issued an art challenge, and on May 2, 2016, I finished it. I was taken to the top steps of the Comune di Cortona […]

Watercolour

Planning The Watercolour Journey

After a week of post-show rest, I got back to work last week with a watercolour piece I started last November that’s been calling to me from its lonely, […]

Sketches & Mini's

Special Sun-Splashed Places

February days in Canada bring on daydreams of sunny warm places! My subconscious desires for warmth must have been driving the subject choices for these 2 art cards. Positano […]

Sketches & Mini's

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 […]

Sketches & Mini's

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 […]

Sketches & Mini's

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. […]

Sketches & Mini's

Flower Pots in Beautiful Places

I decided to try to “lighten my load” this week by painting a few “mini vacations” art cards of flower pots, taken from our photos. Get away from winding streets, shutters, […]

Sketches & Mini's

Visiting The Vistas Folder

Vis-ta, n. a) a large and beautiful view of an area of land or water b) a distant view through or along an avenue or opening I spent a […]

Sketches & Mini's

Looking Out, Looking Up

What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are. C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew […]

Sketches & Mini's

To Taormina and Venice Today

Today’s Mini Vacations art cards take us to Taormina and Venice. Over the years, my husband and I have taken separate vacations due to our job holidays not coinciding. His […]

Commissions/Sketchy Memories

First Sketchy Memory Of 2016

This past Christmas, some folks received an IOU-a-piece-of-art for their gift. I’ve made good on one of those gifts already – a Sketchy Memory of a summer spent in Cadiz, Spain. How […]

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