Thursday, January 9, 2025

A Pivotal Day

My friend Peter
Work in Progress
Portrait sketch
14 x 16 inches
acrylic on canvas
Barbara Muir © 2010 -- 2025
(I love this portrait of Peter Adam
done in my art group, and
would like to do some work on
it for an upcoming show.  Thank
you to the artist Mitchell Johnson
for teaching me that that was
possible.)

I feel strange talking about the joys of my life,
with fires burning in L.A. and wars going on across the
ocean. But in some ways this was a critical day in my
art life in 2025.  

My studio is the only place in the house big enough for
a Christmas tree.  And so the tree came in. Beautiful, and
I don't want to lose it, but as a symbolic gesture of work
starting again (although I've already worked on sitting
two openings this year) the garland came off the fireplace,
and my table started to fill up with my paints.

The easel went up.  I started painting something for an
upcoming show.  I got reference images from my
favourite printer, and welcomed him back from his 
vacation. 

It is all happening. Welcome 2025.  

Have a helping when you can, and enjoying
your life day.

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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!