ink and watercolour – Page 9 – Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan

Making Your Mark

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 […]

Miniature Art

The Doors of Portugal – Part One

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 […]

Miniature Art

Home Is Often Where The Beauty Is

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. […]

Travel-Inspired Art

My Julia Roberts Moment

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 […]

Miniature Art

Artist Laughs In Flowers

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 […]

Miniature Art

A Tuscan Morning Memory

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 […]

Miniature Art

History Repurposed

“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 […]

Miniature Art

Better Days Behind or Ahead?

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 […]

Miniature Art

Portovenere Poetry

…and now, fair Italy! ⁠Thou art the Garden of the World, the Home ⁠Of all Art yields, and Nature can decree; ⁠Even in thy desert, what is like to thee? […]

Travel-Inspired Art

A Corking Good Bike

I’m a sucker for a decorative bicycle! Put a colourful bike in front of a shop or a restaurant, and dress it up with baskets or flowers, and I will […]

Miniature Art

Women Wandering

She was free in her wilderness She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. – Roman Payne (“The Wanderess”) To celebrate a milestone birthday a few years back, I […]

Miniature Art

Open Door Policy

It is said that when you travel you become braver. Is that true of you? In my case, I’ve found that the more I travel, the more confident and brave […]

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