For my July stay-cation, I headed to the region of my childhood, Eastern Ontario, and decided to be a tourist. I visited a number of sights that brought back memories […]
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 […]
Over these last few months housebound, I’ve definitely become one of the millions who has taken up the new practice of “Couch Travelling”… far more than is recommended. I find […]
A few years ago, I painted my first miniature featuring Love Locks – the padlocks with lovers’ initials attached to bridges and other structures. Being the romantic that I am, […]
In 2011, almost a decade ago now, I visited the Italian city of Matera in the Basilicata region. A friend of mine had been born there and spoke of it […]
I’ve never thought much about the adage that “art imitates life”, however with my latest 2 paintings, I’m beginning to understand there may be a lot of truth in that […]
O gracious city well-beloved, Italian, and a maiden crowned, Siena, my feet are no more moved Toward thy strange-shapen mountain-bound: But my heart in me turns and moves, O lady […]
Welcome to the Miragaia district of Porto, Portugal! At this time last year, I was making the walk daily from mid-town Porto down to the Congress Centre in this […]
SEA You challenge time since the dawn of the world. These words were carved in Italian into the stone plaque beside this door facing the docks in the beautiful seaside […]
This is one of the rare miniature paintings I’ve done of a place I have yet to visit. I’ve painted many artworks with colourful houses, but the story behind these […]
As a teenager and an aspiring actor, I often daydreamed about living in New York City and pursuing a creative career. Part of that daydream was living in an apartment […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan