A great day making art with family -- and another sale

 

Carolanne 

Black marker on paper 

Inktober drawing

5.5 x 8.5 inches

Barbara Muir © 2019

So much fun making art, and listening to holiday songs with 
the family.  

This is another piece I sold yesterday at the Off The Wall Show
at the Heliconian Hall.  Here's what I wrote about the drawing 
in a former post:

"I don't know what happened to Carolanne McFarlane.  I can
only hope her life has been great.  I did this portrait from a very

moody photo my father took of her.  I don't know how
he even got the shot, because Carolanne was very sunny.

But when we moved away to Toronto I lost touch with
my former neighbours, who were so much fun.

I realized working on this drawing how much my father
loved light.  He loved to make his photos as dramatic as
possible -- and yet they were about everyday subjects --
our neighbours, the scenes we lived with every day, my
mother in the house or the garden.

What I love about the photos that he printed in his
basement darkroom is that the people are very
much alive, even though he only printed in black
and white."

I'm so glad that work sold.  I really liked it.

Have a loving your life day!

A great first opening of the Off The Wall show

 

Wonderful news

Watercolour and marker
on watercolour paper
9 x 11 inches
Barbara Muir © 2018
SOLD ♥ 

A great opening today at the Heliconian Off The Wall show.  I hope
you'll come to one of the 4 next openings if you're in Toronto.

Everyone who came today had a super time.  I sold several
pieces, and had delightful conversations with our guests.
The best.  Check out November 28's blog (yesterday) for dates
and times.

Love to see you there.

Have a loving your life day!

The big story today? Come to the Heliconian Hall amazing small paintings art show tomorrow!

Hi friends,

The day is almost here. Drop into the Heliconian
Club tomorrow (Saturday, November 29), if you're
 in Toronto -- 35 Hazelton Avenue.  I'll be there from
2 - 5 p.m.

Great art, great coffee or tea in beautiful china cups, 
great treats -- cookies, baked goods -- great company!
We'd love to see you. 

Yes the club looks like a church, but it's not, it's an art
 space, and has been for more than 100 years.  So come on in.

In addition to small works of art starting at $40.00, I will
be selling holiday cards, and art cards -- 4 for $20.00.

I'd love to see you there. 

Have a loving your life day!

Happy American Thanksgiving to my American family and friends

Happy American Thanksgiving to all of my family and friends in the United States.

I hope you all have a great one. I love our Canadian Thanksgiving holiday, because it's about family, friends and delicious food.  The most fun.

Today I delivered 31 paintings to the Heliconian Off The Wall painting show.  The event is actually a Black Friday weekend event, happening on Saturday, November 29, with beautiful art by Canadian artists at such reasonable prices, that if you're in Toronto visit 35 Hazelton Avenue between 2 and 5 and pick up a stunning piece of art for someone you love, or your boss, or anyone who might delight in what they see. Your gift will be wrapped, and ready to go the moment you decide to buy it.  

The best!

And if you're doing the Black Friday boycott this is the perfect alternative. 
Hand made Canadian art.

Please note the Heliconian Hall is not a church.  It became an art club in 1909.

(And side note, there will be delicious cookies, and coffee and tea in china cups.)

Have a loving your life day. 

Come out to the show!

Help Yourself
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 inches

Barbara Muir © 2025

I have 31 paintings in the Heliconian Off The Wall Show opening
this Saturday, from 2 - 5 p.m.  Come on down to 35 Hazelton
Avenue to see the show.  It's a sale -- so all of the work is really
inexpensive.  If you like something you see here, or on my

instagram site, and it's not "on the wall," just ask me, and I will go
and get it for you if it's not sold already!

That's the whole idea of the show -- sell it, pack it, give it to the
collector, and hang new work by the same artist in its place. 
Pretty cool.

Here's one of my paintings that I love.I'm showing a variety
of work in the exhibition and that's just my work. 

(I haven't seen the show yet .  It goes up Thursday.)

Have a loving your life day

Happy Anniversary tomorrow Sam and Emily

Our son Sam and his wife, Emily
Photo
© Emily and Sam's Wedding 
Photographer, 2022

Tonight I will repost my post on this from last year, edited.  Congratulations

Sam and Emily on your three year anniversary.

"In the middle of getting ready for this weekend's opening, I had
to stop for a minute and remember my son and Emily's wonderful
wedding, three years ago tomorrow.  We had so much fun.  We
danced all night -- I got 13,000 steps just dancing -- the best D.J.

We are so happy for those two -- happily in love -- so fantastic.
Here's to another incredible year!"

Have a loving your life day. 

Getting ready for the Off The Wall show

Loving the new kitten

Black marker on paper

5.5 x 8.5 inches

Barbara Muir © 2019

In the Off the Wall show, which opens this coming Saturday from
2 - 5 p.m., I will have drawings and paintings.  I'm quite fond

of this piece capturing the joy a child feels when the family
gets a new kitten. 

I hope you'll come out to the opening.  The highest price in this
show will be $200, and I will have many works at a much lower
price than that.  And here's the thing -- it's Canadian art.  

The show is guaranteed to be wonderful, and there will be
goodies, and coffee and tea -- and it's free.  Please come out

if you're in the 35 Hazelton Avenue neighbourhood.

Have a loving your life day!