It all starts with thinking -- how a painting begins

No Contest -- Nature Wins!

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 inches

Barbara Muir © 2016
SOLD ♥

I am at the planning stage with at least two paintings.

One is more formal and has required a lot of research,

which is not completely finished.  The other is out

there circling around my brain like the airplanes

circling the airport in Toronto, or the birds that

always fly off a building on St. Clair when I turn off the

street to head home.

Like those birds, my thoughts about a painting are 

many, beautiful and inspiring in my own head.  Every

time I see the birds (pigeons I think) doing their sky

dance I feel incredibly happy.  Even if one second

before they fly up I was sad or frustrated.

So my thoughts are trending in this direction.  Landscape

with a human element -- buildings, or city, or highway.

Not sure.  The main thing is this wonderful uplifting mood --

which leads to paintings like the one above.  That and love

of place.  And no question about it I love Nova Scotia.

This painting sold in New York City two years ago.

And as I'm heading back to exhibit there in December --

what works with the audience there fascinates me.

Have a loving your creative thoughts day.