Wednesday, March 27, 2024
More on our trip to the lake
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
A picture is worth a thousand words
Beautiful Saturday
Photo
Barbara Muir © 2024
You’ve heard that before, (a picture is worth a thousand words), and probably thought is it? And in some cases yes. Clearly. I could describe the view of the lake from one of our favourite parks to you using perfect descriptive words. Maybe I wouldn’t use 1000, but here’s the point. No matter how many words I use you cannot get the feeling of the park as well as you can from this photo.
For me part of being a visual artist is the ability to describe something in a way that words may not be capable of doing. Not to deny the importance of words, and the beauty of wonderfully written books. I was talking to a fellow today about his fiancée's work on a novel. I am so impressed by authors who write the amazing books I love to read. Their work is much more complicated, and deeper than what I will create.
For tonight, please enjoy this beautiful view that we saw last Saturday at a park on the west end of Toronto.
Have a loving your life day.
Monday, March 25, 2024
A favourite painting goes to its new home
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Barbara Muir © Revised 2023
Sunday, March 24, 2024
A wonderful wedding Monthaversary
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Theoretically a day off
Acrylic on mounted birch panel
Friday, March 22, 2024
We are lucky, and bad news aside -- this is a Happy Monthaversary
Thursday, March 21, 2024
In the Month of Change -- flashback to a favourite blog piece
I'm painting full time today. Very inspired by both my model, and the painting by John Singer Sargent that I'm referencing/honouring. It has been a pure pleasure working on this piece. I also have revised a painting from 11 years ago, and it will be going in the A Portrait By Any Other Name show at the Heliconian Club opening April 6.
The deadline for submitting photos for the show is tonight at midnight, so I am going as fast as I can. I came upon this post and I really like it. I'm so sorry Marko left the Don Valley Art Club, and said he was stopping painting. Here's the blog:
The night of this drawing, which is a few years back, our
model didn't show up. And one of the best artists in the
group -- Marko -- posed for us. Knowing how amazing his
work was (he drew like he'd been schooled in the
Renaissance) I was a bit intimidated to draw him.
Sometime after this evening, Marko decided he wasn't going
to do art anymore. I was devastated. He was a natural
born incredible artist. So now I'm glad I have this
drawing. I consider him to be a friend, though I don't
get to see him anymore. He was always kind to me, and
I feel I learned a lot from watching him draw.
Have a learning from your friends day."
Portrait Artist
- Barbara Muir
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- I paint and draw on commission and for shows. To commission a portrait, or purchase one of my paintings please contact me at: barbara.muir@sympatico.ca
A major highlight in my career? Drawing Oprah Winfrey live via Skype for her show "Where in the Skype are you? Galleries: Studio Vogue Gallery, Toronto, Canada. The Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York City. Gallery at the Porch Door, Kingston, Canada. Your positive comments on this blog mean the world to me. I'd love to hear from you!