Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Two pansy paintings go home


Fabulous pansies rule!

Acrylic ink, watercolour and marker
in watercolour paper
5.5 x 8.5 inches
Barbara Muir © 2019

Pansies prepping for the parade
Watercolour, acrylic ink, and
black marker on Strathmore 
mixed media paper
6 x 8 inches
Barbara Muir © 2019

The nice thing about going away, even for the short time 
we spent on the road and in Ottawa and Gatineau, Chelsea,
and Wakefield, Quebec, is the change in perspective.

When you get home you’re different, and you have a clearer 
idea of what’s missing. After teaching through Zoom, I’m 
clear that what I miss is my friends. So today we social 
distance visited my dear friends Suzanne and David, and
dropped off these pansy paintings to Suzanne, one of 
my favourite collectors. 

I don’t want to think about what we’ll do when the cold weather 
comes. For now we could sit far away on their lovely porch
overlooking a beautiful garden. So wonderful. Everyone is a bit 
sad. We all want to hug, and can’t. But we’re alive, enjoying each other,
and after this long, lonely time — that’s magic. 

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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!