Miniature Art – Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan

Inspiration in the Small Stuff

Can’t wait to see what you make from this trip! Looking forward to what inspiration you bring back to your art! I wonder what you’ll paint first when you get […]

Miniature Art

The Sweetest Relief

What memories are conjured up by my latest miniature painting of this gorgeous Tuscan door? For me, it’s ice-cold lemon granita, of course! Not my usual romantic wonderings about who […]

My Art

Neighbourhood Appreciation

Whenever I travel I tell people that I am from Toronto – it’s just easier than saying I’m from a smaller city a half an hour from Toronto. But I […]

Miniature Art

A Little Venice Goes A Long Way!

Over the last year, I have become a regular viewer of a YouTube livestream of a Cannaregio neighborhood in Venice. By “regular”, I should come clean and say that I’ve […]

Miniature Art

Fourth Time’s A Charm!

The first time I saw Camogli was nothing more than a quick glimpse from a train in 2006… and I was smitten. As the train to Milan slowly pulled into […]

Inspiration

A Short Year-End Reflection

This past April, I bought a gratitude journal… my first ever. I bought it because I could feel myself slipping into a darker place as the pandemic rode its first […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Taking A Coffee Break in Italy’s Big Cities

One of my favourite things to do while in Italy: […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Forza Italia

Watching the news coming out of Italy is heart-wrenching and surreal. If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that I’m deeply in love with Italy. I have painted scenes […]

Miniature Art

A Little Tuscan Love Moment

Fifteen years ago, I got kissed on this spot in Pienza, Italy. I was lost in the vista from this winding promenade high above a wall. The sunny Tuscan valley […]

Miniature Art

Travel WITH Friends, Travel TO Friends

A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. -Tim Cahill Over the last few weeks, I’ve been curating my miniature paintings for my first solo show, looking for […]

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. […]

Miniature Art

2018’s First Experiment

Here I sit this January 1st morning on my computer preparing for a new year – filing, updating, deleting, setting up and backing up. And underlying all this tidying and […]

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