Thursday, January 8, 2015

Brilliant exuberance!


Brilliant Exuberance
Black marker on Moleskine paper
8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Barbara Muir © 2015
I worked all day today with wonderful women.
I painted one of these friends recently, and
today had a try at drawing my friend
Courtney.  She is helping me work on
web development, and while she questioned
me and worked I drew her.

Make that three tries.  Her joyous expression,
huge, gorgeous eyes, intelligent kindness and
humour are hard to define with a pen and
paper.  I came the closest by photographing
her and drawing the photo upside down.

Mike Dooley says to "expect miracles every
day."  I think the companion to that idea
is noticing them.  The two women who helped me
out today are miraculously fantastic.

Have a noticing-miracles day.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

i love the energetic, expressive and sure way that you sketch with marker. This is a lovely sketch of your friend and even though I dont know her, I feel you must have captured her energy in it.

jyothisethu said...

Love this work..
congrats....

Barbara Muir said...

Hi Sally,

Thank you so much. I wish I could capture her energy, which seems to be boundless. She is a lovely, bright, funny woman -- wonderful -- like you.

XOXOXOXO Barbara

Barbara Muir said...

Hi jyothisethu,

Thank you so much. I'm delighted that you like it.

Take care,

Barbara

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!