Sunday, August 20, 2023

Sunday thoughts


Wonder Water Image #6
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Barbara Muir © 2015


Just having finished teaching a course on Presentations
and Advocacy, I thought of this when Etana's portrait
appeared in my scrolling.  She has worked on advocacy
since finishing her Masters. I showed this portrait at
the Florence Biennale in 2015. It was next to a large
diptych of the ocean and clouds. In a way the portrait
was about Advocacy, because the message with the 
ocean painting, Etana's portrait, and a picture of my
daughter-in-law, Emily, was about saving the oceans. 


Lady in a café

Marker on paper
2 x 3 inches
Barbara Muir © 2023


I did this tiny sketch today in a notebook, inspired
by the beauty of a woman across from me in a café 
with her friends.  Steven and I were eating a delicious
lunch, and I brought my small sketchbook. What
I love about portraits, even very fast sketches, is what
they capture.

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!