Monday, May 15, 2017

Home again, home again to a wonderful new home

In the right place at the right time
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 inches
Barbara Muir © 2016
SOLD ♥ 
This painting is a world traveler that's been to places
I've never been.  My lovely artist friend in the Netherlands,
Miranda Brouwers got me into an exhibition called
Kunst in Drimmelin in support of a nature reserve called
the Worp.  The whole painting experience was a delightful
example of international co-operation.  My friend wanted
a painting with my blue skies of her beloved spot.  She
sent me many photos, and I researched the look here in
Toronto at a marsh that looks quite similar.  The result --
my happy painting -- In the right place at the right time.

The painting traveled to the Netherlands rolled up in a tube,
was stretched by Miranda and exhibited in a beautiful church.
It came home just in time for another exhibition.

At the This Magic Land show the weekend before last it
sold to a collector who loved the painting featured on our
invitation, and enjoyed its back story too.  I was so delighted
to deliver the painting to a collector who commissioned a
poignant work years ago of her mother and father.

I know she and her partner will enjoy living with the painting
as much as I loved creating it.

Have a doing-the-work-you-love day!

2 comments:

Mary Lou van Schaik said...

Beautiful painting, Barbara! I love the back story, too, with all its connecting links - the unplanned and unfolding path. Love -- mary Lou

Barbara Muir said...

Thank you so much Mary Lou,

It was breathtakingly exciting when the collector decided to take this beauty home. I was,
and am proud of it. It was created in love for a loving friend, and treated so well by her
in the Netherlands.

I've been thinking a lot about your Mom, and missing her.

Much Love to you,

XOXOXOXOXOXO 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!