As the days become more blustery here in Canada, my thoughts have been returning to sunnier times, like walking through the streets of Porto this past summer. Awhile back I […]
Niagara On The Lake, Ontario is a favourite weekend destination for locals and visitors from around the world, sitting upstream from the famous and busy Niagara Falls. Its main streets […]
After painting more than 30 miniature doors, I thought I had this whole “door thing” down – wrong! My latest series of doors have knocked me around quite a bit. […]
Have you ever put your name or initials somewhere you shouldn’t have? When I was young, I liked to carve my initials into things – I can recall a few […]
Back from 3 weeks of travel, my Camera Roll is bursting with new subjects for paintings. And some favourite subjects for paintings, like doors, doors and more doors! I can’t […]
This past weekend, I took part in a large outdoor art show in downtown Toronto. Thousands of people attended, many of whom were visitors from other parts of the world. […]
Have you ever tried to recreate a favourite movie moment? In recent memory, I believe that I’ve done it only once – in the autumn of 2016 in Florence. My […]
Earth laughs in flowers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson I love this quote! I guess as an artist, I may laugh in flowers, too, because 3 of my recent miniature paintings […]
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 […]
“In my town, we tear down every old building. It’s a disgrace!”, the woman said as she looked over my miniature paintings of Italian architecture. This isn’t the first time […]
I could see this door from quite a distance. The bright red-orange popped against the black painted building. As an avid door lover, I rushed toward it, and when I […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan