Sunday, March 24, 2013

By the sea -- the power of water

  
Essence (Work in progress)
Acrylic on Birch panel
5 x 7 inches
Barbara Muir © 2013
I am an ocean person.  Does that make me sound too
hippie, crunchy granola?  (I could really use some
right now, and I have been called a hippie often enough)
  No.  That's not exactly right either.
I love the city, and seeing funky fashion, even though
my own wardrobe is minimalist.  (Wardrobe is a pretty
upscale word for 10 pairs of paint smeared jeans,
and a drawer full of pilled black cashmere sweaters.)

But the ocean is where I go in my mind for relief
from endless tasks, and at the moment a nasty cold.
So it makes sense that I am back working on paintings
about people near water.

Here's a little painting -- a work in process, called
Essence.  It is the essence of everything I love about
Nova Scotia -- the ocean, the tide pools, the gorgeous
red sand -- and here it is distilled into bands of colour.
More to come.
 View of a recent trip to our favorite beach in Toronto.  Sorry
I don't know the name (or even if it has one.)

(I didn't want to bore you with my 500th hot lemon --
but I'm taking that and aspirin for the endless headache
and feverish feeling, and I'm off to bed.)

Have a dreaming-about-the-ocean day.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Cherry Beach

Portrait Artist

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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!