Monday, March 3, 2025

Living in the now


Colours of Joy
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 inches
Barbara Muir © 2024
(This seems right for tonight --
painted 100% from my 
imagination. And I like it.
It will be in my April show.)

It's been a great day in the "now" today.  My printer started working on my
show invitations, and his design looks great.  I met an artist at my favourite
art store, and we're friends on Instagram.

Plus it was sunny and the snow was melting.  And I worked on two 
paintings.  Yes!

Here's what I said about Now last year.

"You read a lot about nostalgia -- remember back when...?
And then for an artist there is infinite advice on planning for
the future.

How about owning now? My husband and I sit on our
back porch in the white painted wicker chairs watching
birds flit in and out of our Christmas tree that a friend attached
to one of our trellises against the fence. (Note: it's been
way too cold in 2025 to do this yet) But yes Steven spills bird
seed onto the tree, and the birds love it.  It gives that tree
a whole new life.  Yes by the end of March it will be over,
but in the now it is amazing. (In 2025 we watch the birds 
in the Christmas tree through the kitchen door.)

How about drawing in the now? Looking at something
that pulls you in, and making it into an image. Walking
into the studio and thinking, 'what if I do this?,' and
doing it."

Have a loving the now day!

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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!