Super short one -- Movie night and family time

 

Shadow pattern

Photo

Barbara Muir © 2024

We had a super time with family today -- sitting outside in

a beautiful setting in the shade, laughing and just 

enjoying being together and feeling so happy.

Now it's. movie night, and quite late, so please have a great
weekend.  And this artist (who has been sketching), is going to
have a night off..

Have a loving your life day!

Still celebrating and so happy!

The two of us in Quebec City

watercolour and marker on

watercolour paper

9 x 10 inches

Barbara Muir ©

We're still celebrating our wedding anniversary.  We had a wonderful
day today and a great dinner tonight with family. I found a former

blog post I loved about staying positive in life I thought I'd share.

I hope you are spending time with people you love, and who love you.

When people talk about treating each day like your last, I tend to go
in the opposite direction. How about spending each day like it's your
first. Here's what I said:

Not a bad idea.  I've been doing that ever since and enjoying
 every day so much.

I wake up in the morning and think -- this is my
first day on the planet, and okay I'm a grown woman.
But wow I'm married to a gorgeous man, who loves
me.  I have a super family -- two wonderful sons,
two daughters-in-law who I love, and Alice, Madeleine
and James, who are all darling, and who I love.

Everything in my life seems fantastic -- almost magical
viewed this way.  And of course that is how artists see
all the time -- in some ways. We are quite often high on life,
but this idea takes it to a new level.  Wonder at everything.
And back to this day.  What a treat it is to love someone
with all of my heart, and to be loved back equally.
It really is a miracle. I am so grateful that that's been my reality.

Meanwhile -- this is the day after our anniversary, so I'm posting a
portrait I did a while back of the two of us.  It doesn't
look like us really, but the mood is there."

Have a loving your life day!

 

Grateful for the hanging committee

Peter Ramdeholl and Chris Muir
hang Magnificent Clouds 
Acrylic on 2 canvasses
4 x 6 feet
Barbara Muir © 2026
Photo
Barbara Muir © 2026

Today I delivered my paintings to the Heliconian Hall for the Primary show
which opens on Saturday, June 27 from 2 to 5 PM at 35 Hazelton Ave.
in Toronto.

Plus today we are celebrating our anniversary with a bit of a drive
in the country.  I will be at the July 8 opening of the Primary show, and
would love to see you there

We felt so lucky that we could take a drive because yesterday Steven had severe
vertigo, and I didn't think he'd even be able to take my work to the show for me.
So I am so grateful to my son, Christopher, who came and helped us
with the hanging of  my large diptych which is 6’ x 4’ in two pieces.

I’m also grateful to my son for suggesting that we must go to the doctor
which we did. And the doctor ruled out some our worst worries, and told
Steven what to do to make himself feel better. It worked and now we’re
having fun.

Have a loving your life day.!

Getting work ready for the Primary Show, opening Saturday, and Happy Anniversary

Joyous Sunflowers
(work in progress)
Acrylic on convas
20 x 24 inches

Barbara Muir © 2026

This is almost finished.  The friend who helps me with office work has been adding 
work from the past to my Instagram, so I thought I better show you something 

current.  It's our wedding anniversary, and both Steven and I are on deadline-- me
to get work ready for an early morning drop off tomorrow. 

I'm almost there, but still want to refine this, and the other two pieces.  I will
photograph them before I take them to the Heliconian Club tomorrow.  The first

opening is on Saturday June 27 from 2 - 5 p.m.  I will be at the next opening on
July 8 from 2 - 5, so please come out to that one!

Have a loving your life day!

Happy Wedding Anniversary week

 Happy Garden Flowers

Acrylic on canvas

8 x 8 inches

Barbara Muir ©

This is our wedding anniversary week, and after a wonderful morning
coffee meeting in the neighbourhood, I've spent the day with a dear
friend editing, and adding to my Instagram, and working on office
related jobs.

Now it's time to get back to painting.  I have been watching as many videos
as possible at night about David Hockney, and he was, and is so inspiring.
So I will go back to work happily.  But meanwhile tomorrow is our wedding
anniversary, and I feel so lucky to be married to Steven, and to be living a
very happy life.

Have a loving your life day!

Happy Monthaversary to my sweetheart

Steven and me in the lights
of Times Square
We love New York City,
and hope to visit again someday.

Today is our Monthaversary
of our first date.

And we were and are
 in Toronto.

Happy Monthaversary of our first date to my sweet husband.
It was the miracle of my life that we met, feel in love, and
are now even more in love. Lucky me.

I know I'm not supposed to say I'm busy, without showing the work,
but I painted all day, and nothing is ready for the big reveal. 
Speaking of which tomorrow I'll work all day on a big one.

The great thing is that it was a very happy painting day, with 
new ideas popping into my head about how to handle things.

So one painting is quite close to completion and another
is coming along.  A bit more refinement needed.  This is the
reality of the artist's life -- you just keep going.

I watched a wonderful video last night by Sam Hamper about
David Hockney's work.  I hope you enjoy it.  I loved how 
Hockney said, 'why don't we artists look?', and that we should
enjoy life.

Have a loving your life day! 

Happy Father's Day

 

The family -- and there are two more members

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers in the world.  I hope you had a wonderful
day.  We saw family yesterday and talked to our family on the phone today.  It

was a beautiful day.  We went to the lake to go for a walk and the take out place

where we sometimes order food from gave us dinner for free! Amazing.

I hope you had a super day!

Have a loving your life day!