In the right place at the right time
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 inches
Barbara Muir © 2016
SOLD ♥
This painting is a world traveler that's been to placesI've never been. My lovely artist friend in the Netherlands,
Miranda Brouwers got me into an exhibition called
Kunst in Drimmelin in support of a nature reserve called
the Worp. The whole painting experience was a delightful
example of international co-operation. My friend wanted
a painting with my blue skies of her beloved spot. She
sent me many photos, and I researched the look here in
Toronto at a marsh that looks quite similar. The result --
my happy painting -- In the right place at the right time.
The painting traveled to the Netherlands rolled up in a tube,
was stretched by Miranda and exhibited in a beautiful church.
It came home just in time for another exhibition.
At the This Magic Land show the weekend before last it
sold to a collector who loved the painting featured on our
invitation, and enjoyed its back story too. I was so delighted
to deliver the painting to a collector who commissioned a
poignant work years ago of her mother and father.
I know she and her partner will enjoy living with the painting
as much as I loved creating it.
Have a doing-the-work-you-love day!
2 comments:
Beautiful painting, Barbara! I love the back story, too, with all its connecting links - the unplanned and unfolding path. Love -- mary Lou
Thank you so much Mary Lou,
It was breathtakingly exciting when the collector decided to take this beauty home. I was,
and am proud of it. It was created in love for a loving friend, and treated so well by her
in the Netherlands.
I've been thinking a lot about your Mom, and missing her.
Much Love to you,
XOXOXOXOXOXO Barbara
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