It was just before Christmas in the courtroom, and the judge was in a happy mood. He asked the accused, ‘What are you charged with?’ The accused replied, ‘Doing my Christmas shopping […]
After a very busy summer, I’m off to my favourite city, Florence, for a few weeks to get some new subjects for future paintings, to sketch, and hopefully to relax and recharge […]
Today is Thanksgiving Monday in Canada – a day that I usually reserve for getting over yesterday’s big family feast and for getting in some quiet reflection. This year, my gratitude […]
Wow, do people love doors! At my shows this summer, there were so many people who declared their love of doors… and then quickly added “I know it’s strange and […]
Italy has been and remains an extremely special place for me. It’s where my art career started, is the inspiration for a great deal of my art, and is the […]
As you can tell from my recent silence, I’ve been hard at work getting some new pieces ready for this weekend’s Artfest Toronto show. This summer’s been such a blur […]
My latest 2 Mini pieces are of… Toronto! And my next 2 pieces will also have Toronto images. What’s going on? These aren’t my usual travel subjects. At my last […]
On a past trip to visit family in New York City, we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan to the Brooklyn Bridge Park. The views of the New York skyline […]
In my last post, I shared the story of how our family passed the time while waiting for an Internet cafe to open by photographing the streets of Montepulciano, and I […]
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 […]
What do parking lots look like in your local cities and towns? In my vicinity, they are asphalt slabs often squeezed between 2 buildings – functional but unmemorable. And most […]
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 […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan