Travel-Inspired Art

Not Sitting In A Café Drinking Rosé

I admit to being a romantic and idealistic travel planner! I will see photos on Instagram, a TV program, a movie or a blog story about a place and I […]

Sketches & Mini's

Standing The Silly-Test Of Time

Have you travelled somewhere and decades later it still comes up in conversation at least once a week? Maybe it was exquisitely beautiful or you had a most happy memory […]

Commissions/Sketchy Memories

More of Those WOW Moments

Much of the art I make revolves around “Wow” moments – moments on my wanderings at home and abroad when I’ve been astonished by beauty, creativity, compassion or great accomplishment. […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Wishing You All Best Of The Season!

Happiest of holidays to you all! Marion (“Da Forli Angel – Passion Tools (2018)”; 5″ x 6″ ink and watercolour; partial passage from Howard Thurman’s The Mood of Christmas)

Sketches & Mini's

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 […]

Travel-Inspired Art

While Visions of Red Wine Danced in Her Head

Maybe it’s all the holiday get-togethers… Or maybe it’s the cold weather upon us in Canada… My thoughts have turned to red wine! I don’t drink a lot of it […]

Sketches & Mini's

100 Mini Vacations Later!

Wow! Seeing all 100 Mini Vacations in this photo quilt brings on a rush of emotions and thoughts! I’ve been trying to sort through these thoughts about this project, in […]

Sketches & Mini's

Walk This Way… Si Vous Plaît

How many kilometres do you rack up on foot when travelling on holiday? I was once asked this question but as I don’t travel with a pedometer (or the one […]

Sketches & Mini's

A Very Early Morning in Provence

Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things. – Pablo Picasso I remember thinking […]

Sketches & Mini's

A Look Behind The Door

What more can be said about a beautiful door! I’ve written a lot about the doors and their homes featured in my “Mini Vacations” miniature paintings, and I’m running out of […]

Sketches & Mini's

Last Artful Days Of Summer

As you can tell from my recent silence, I’ve been hard at work getting some new pieces ready for this weekend’s Artfest Toronto show. This summer’s been such a blur […]

Sketches & Mini's

Beauty In The Passing Of Time

In my last post, I shared the story of how our family passed the time while waiting for an Internet cafe to open by photographing the streets of Montepulciano, and I […]

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Art We Wonderful

creating my way thru the world

Travel-Inspired Art

Not Sitting In A Café Drinking Rosé

Standing The Silly-Test Of Time

More of Those WOW Moments

Wishing You All Best Of The Season!

Open Door Policy

While Visions of Red Wine Danced in Her Head

100 Mini Vacations Later!

Walk This Way… Si Vous Plaît

A Very Early Morning in Provence

A Look Behind The Door

Last Artful Days Of Summer

Beauty In The Passing Of Time