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 […]
My latest art card (#16) features bricks! Of course it does! I have a thing for drawing and painting bricks, if you haven’t noticed. But painting all those bricks was […]
Several times I hummed Jonn Mellencamp’s “Pink Houses” while I was drawing and painting art card #15. This pink house, while not so little, is found in Barga in northwest […]
I’ve painted so many scenes that contain wooden shutters, especially the green ones found everywhere in Italy. In the south of France, those shutters are often a light blue. I’ve […]
I could probably make all 100 art cards from pictures of fountains I’ve taken! But for now, here’s just one of them for card #13 – the lion fountain in […]
These 2 art cards come from images of vacation places I’ve stayed at a few times – places where the settings and the people have given me profound moments of connection and peace. […]
I decided to try to “lighten my load” this week by painting a few “mini vacations” art cards of flower pots, taken from our photos. Get away from winding streets, shutters, […]
What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are. C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew […]
Today’s Mini Vacations art cards take us to Taormina and Venice. Over the years, my husband and I have taken separate vacations due to our job holidays not coinciding. His […]
This past Christmas, some folks received an IOU-a-piece-of-art for their gift. I’ve made good on one of those gifts already – a Sketchy Memory of a summer spent in Cadiz, Spain. How […]
Before 2016 is upon us and new projects begin, I’d better update all the December happenings… and there were many! I was pleased to be commissioned to do 3 works […]
