As I was thinking about a title for this post about my latest mini piece, this French song from my childhood immediately came to mind – “Loin Loin De La […]
You are as welcome as the flowers in May. -Charles Macklin One more Mini Vacations door! Couldn’t help myself! I came across this unique door in the town of Isolabona, […]
For the third door mini piece, I’m taking you 1.5 hours east of Provence to the village of Triora in the hills north of the Italian Riviera. This vibrant rust-red door and its lone rose […]
I definitely have a thing for doors. On one vacation, I was determined to take enough photos to make one of those photo calendars of doors. And I think on […]
It’s not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived. – Helen Walton This next Mini Vacations original, “Flammola (Pansy)”, has been […]
I had taken the source photo for this latest mini piece a few years ago, trying my best to get a little bit of everything wonderful about Venice’s Piazza San […]
At my Pop Up Show in February, I was asked a number of times if I had “3 of” (insert subject/city name). I learned that people really like 3’s! And […]
For Mini Vacations miniature #20, you can see that I’m still wandering around Venice (and will be for a few more pieces)! Venice is a very confusing place to wander in […]
Looking through all my source photos to decide what to paint for my next Mini Vacations piece, I came across this Venice canal shot from a 2007 trip. It was one […]
Over the last 2 weeks, I’ve been unable to use my studio as repairs to a damaged ceiling have been going on. That’s why you haven’t seen much new art posted! (I […]
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 […]