Monday, April 14, 2025

Working on a new work and other reasons to be happy


 

Market pansies in a cream jug
Acrylic ink and marker
on watercolour paper
5.5 x 8.5 inches
Barbara Muir © 2023

I've been thinking about the 10 Reasons to be Happy exercise I started with my
students. Today I had a wonderful time working on a landscape I dreamt about,
and it was a good day.  So why not try the 10 Reasons list again?

10 Reasons to be Happy

1. It was a gorgeous, sunny day, and I saw bluebells under the large trees in
      a nearby neighbourhood.
2. I dreamt of working on a painting for submission to a show this coming
      Wednesday. I worked on it today and I love it so far.
3. My printer redid the invitations for my final opening of my solo
    show on April 27, and they look great.
4. I went to my art store and got advice about which red to use because
    they didn't have cadmium red.
5. It was Steven's night to make dinner, and dinner was delicious.
6. Our French (from France) evening Police show, with subtitles in
    English has 14 seasons!  We just finished season 1, and we are
    hooked. It's called Murder In.
7. We went to the lake yesterday (Lake Ontario) and the beauty of that
     blue always makes me happy.
8.  I got a new canvas today for a painting I'll begin tomorrow.  
9.  
 One of the servers at the café, where we order wraps for lunch on the weekend
      came to my Wednesday opening, liked my work, and now she gives me a
      knowing happy look when we see her at work.
10. I have so many flowers (tulips) that I haven't had time to arrange them.

Have a loving your life 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!