Love of community -- visiting an artist's work

Wonder Water Image #2

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 inches

Barbara Muir © 2014

I feel very lucky to live in a kind and supportive community.

Plus there is always something going on close by.  The

painting tonight is a portrait of a young woman, Solana

Cain, who is a friend, and a friend's daughter.  Solana

very kindly helped me with this painting of her for

my ocean series, sending me many reference shots and happily

describing her ideal ocean setting, featured behind her.  

Today we visited an exhibition From The Ground Up that 

she is part of just west of us in Toronto, in a gallery called 

Our Gallery. The show is part of Black History Month.

and you can check it out from Monday to Thursday this week

from 12 - 5 p.m. at 1444 Dupont Street, Unity 31.

Solana is a superb photographer. Her theme was mothers 

and their babies, and the shared experiences of mothers in giving 

birth to and raising infants in our society.  There is a great photo as 

part of her exhibition of Solana's mother Carolee holding

Solana as a baby.  

Solana's photos were evocative, as was the whole show.

Most of my photos didn't work out today, but I got one okay photo of
an extremely moving piece by James Yeboah.

Have a checking out great art shows day.