Sunday, October 5, 2025

Smiling still matters

Nicole
Inktober sketch before Inktober existed
Marker on watercolour paper
12 x 9 inches
Barbara Muir ©
(Skype drawing from the 
Consumer Electronics Show
2009)

Double happy family birthdays today so I didn't get time to do an Inktober 
drawing.  I love this one. World Smile Day was Friday 
October 3, this year, and I did make a few people smile. We are deluged
with appalling news -- write our MPs, protest if we can, sign
every petition asking for an end to racism, wars -- cruelty of every
sort.

But the power of a genuine smile for family, friends, new friends and
people helping us, and who we are helping, still matters.

This drawing is from a great commission I had to draw people via
Skype (now it would be Zoom) for the Consumer Electronics Show.
A delightful assignment.

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!