watercolor painting – Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan

The Roman Forum

Many years ago, a collector asked if I was ever going to paint the Roman Forum. I answered that since I work from my own photos, I hadn’t taken a […]

Miniature Art

Porto Waterfront

After painting a number of smaller subjects from my trip to Porto Portugal, I thought I would take on a more challenging painting of Porto. This is the one I […]

Travel-Inspired Art

An Angelic Experience

When I encounter a sunrise, a painting, a woman, or an idea that makes my heart bound like a young calf, then I know I am standing in front of […]

Miniature Art

A Natural Sexy Wonder

Il Barolo è il vino per fare l’amore nelle giornate d’inverno, ma sono cose che solo le donne capiscono. Barolo is the wine to make love on winter days, but […]

Miniature Art

A Painting For Sam

What things turn up most in your travel photos? In most of my photos, there are buildings or parts of buildings because I love architecture. I have a worldwide traveller-friend […]

Miniature Art

Nice Harmony

Have you been to Nice, France? What were your impressions? People rave about luxuriousness of the city, being a Riviera hotspot. But I was most impressed by the volume of […]

Miniature Art

A Signature of Italian Summers

When travelling in Italy, let it be known that we brake for sunflowers! Whenever we find a field, it’s very common for us to pull our rental car over to […]

Miniature Art

Sunday Morning In Orvieto

Mother’s Day, 2017. Orvieto, Italy. I’m alone and missing home. I awake early and decide not to linger over coffee, but instead head out into the streets to explore and […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Flowers on La Rambla, Barcelona

I once read an article about the types of workplaces that make people happy – customers because they look forward to interacting with it, and employees because the customers look […]

Miniature Art

Piano, Piano!

Something’s been keeping me from you all! Three weeks without a single post – something must be going on! I’ve been head-down and focused on a large piece. Yes, you read that […]

Watercolour

The Forgotten Oranges of Arezzo

A few days ago I posted a piece with lots of lemons. Today I’m posting a watercolour painting of oranges. It would seem I’m in my Citrus Period! This painting is […]

My Art

3-Point Watercolour

In our watercolour class, we were challenged to paint a subject where there were 3 obvious points of perspective – 2 sides and the third being either from below or […]