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Barbara Muir Paints: Winter nostalgia -- (just a little).
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Winter nostalgia - (just a little). Winter at the beach. Acrylic on cradled birch panel. 8 x 8 inches. Barbara Muir © 2017. Today's painting is of the beach in winter,. At Port Stanley on Lake Erie. Sometimes there. Is a miraculous day, when there is no snow, and. We just need to see that beach so badly, that we. Leave Toronto, even though it's late in the day, and. It's quite a ride. This view might be our reward. If it is warm enough to walk on the beach all. Mary Lou van Schaik.
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Barbara Muir Paints: More from the hospital -- on a beautiful day
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017. More from the hospital - on a beautiful day. Thinking about the crossword puzzle. Black marker on Fringe drawing paper. 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. Barbara Muir © 2017. Strange to be spending time in a hospital with. Relatives on a joyous, sunny spring day - with. Tulip leaves poking up in the garden. But a blessing. In a way because in this vibrant city you get a. Picture of how many people are sitting waiting in. Hospitals for tests or surgeries worrying about. And operations are free.
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Barbara Muir Paints: Tense, worried, crazy -- Relax
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Thursday, March 16, 2017. Tense, worried, crazy - Relax. Better bring the laundry in Bob. Acrylic on cradled birch panel. 8 x 10 inches. Barbara Muir © 2017. It was a bit of a day I'd say for getting nervous,. Tense, worried. I was thinking myself into dead. Ends and corners on many fronts and then I. Watched this little message from Oprah. Few years ago - and hey she hit the nail on. The head. (Click on her name to watch it). So I just started painting, and kept on working on. Painting and you can do it!
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Barbara Muir Paints: In a state of wonder
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Saturday, March 18, 2017. In a state of wonder. Acrylic on cradled birch panel. 8 x 8 inches. Barbara Muir © 2017. It is a bit wintry today, though much warmer. Quite a. Wonderful day despite the grey skies, and for me in. Addition to going to the market and seeing our friends. There, there was this. I worked on this painting of clouds in Nova Scotia near. Where we stay in Pugwash. And I know that looking at. This scene I would be in a state of wonder, and have. Offer I miss it. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Barbara Muir Paints: Drawing and thoughts on seeing
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Thursday, March 30, 2017. Drawing and thoughts on seeing. Cold day outside at the mall. Black marker on Fringe drawing paper. 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. Barbara Muir © 2017. Here's another little drawing of the man outside the bookstore. A couple of weekends ago. What I like about this one is. That the man is in his world, and the woman walking by is. In hers, and they are oblivious to the other person's. Super late, super tired. Big shopping malls are a fascinating. Have an enjoying what you notice day.
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Barbara Muir Paints: Something you may not know
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Friday, March 10, 2017. Something you may not know. Flowers for my father. Pencil crayon on paper. 21 1/2 x 26 inches. Barbara Muir ©. Although it isn't my objective now as a painter. I was trained at the Ontario College of Art. And Design in Toronto as a classical artist. How we drew, how we painted - in most. Classes was in the shadow of Michelangelo,. Rembrandt, Vermeer, you name it. We barely. Reached the influence of the Impressionists. Oh we did, but I only stayed for two and half. I wanted to than...
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Barbara Muir Paints: Slow dancing with spring
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Slow dancing with spring. Happy Morning in Port Philip. 8 x 10 inches. Barbara Muir © 2017. Thank goodness for my friends out there, and here. In Toronto, who keep me on track on positive. Thinking. It is the secret to life. Stay happy,. And whenever possible move on. If the negative. Insists on being in your path, cross the street. I am also indebted to Stephen Colbert and Jimmy. Fallon, whose humour frames the strange changes. For me tonight when I came home from teaching my.
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Barbara Muir Paints: Last day of March -- One overwhelming month!
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Friday, March 31, 2017. Last day of March - One overwhelming month! Black marker on Fringe drawing paper. 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. Barbara Muir © 2017. What with health issues in the family, what's going on. In the world, and daily worrying news this month has. Required a team of cheerleaders, both outside in the. World and inside in my heart. I do think I'm lucky. Because I have those cheerleaders in my friends. And. I thank you. Everyone I know is going through hard. And then I listened to a show on CBC.
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Barbara Muir Paints: 10 Reasons The Internet is Super for Creativity
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Saturday, March 11, 2017. 10 Reasons The Internet is Super for Creativity. Okay I admit that I've looked at Facebook today, checked my. Blog, and read some email. But I can't get behind the idea. That the Internet is harming creativity. Really? 1 Before the Internet, artists were restricted in large part. To being alone, and working alone. If you were. Painting in that ancient time, do you remember how. 2 The Internet through all the social media sites, through. People comment on how well you're doing.
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Barbara Muir Paints: Time shift -- shaking it up
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Sunday, March 12, 2017. Time shift - shaking it up. 24 x 24 inches. Barbara Muir © 2017. Today is the dreaded day our clocks move forward. I say that because everyone's world rocks around. What time of day it is, and I had coffee late in the. Day yesterday. That meant I was up too late. And add to that another hour so it was even. Later - just plain cruel. On the bright side (and OMG it was a gorgeously. Sunny day). The time changes because we are moving. Towards spring. And that is a delicious idea.
