Louise's ARTiculations
Yesteryear’s Remembrance – Évocation d’antan. Yesteryear’s remembrance is a simple floral on a 5 x 5 gallery wrapped canvas. Orange Ranunculus contrasts with the blue hydrangea on this small study. I love painting hydrangeas and this huge canvas of hydrangeas … Read More
German Shepherd Louie loves his Chuckit balls. Louie loves his Chuckit balls so much that they don’t last long. As you can see in the photo below, this mangled green ball has been chewed like all his previous balls. In … Read More
Grasping a moment in time. My nonna had us in her grasp even when we were in plain sight. See how she is clawing at my brother’s shirt? There is no way we were going to get away from her! … Read More
Nursery rhymes revisited. Oh, dear, what can the matter be? / Johnny’s so long at the fair. / He promised he’d buy me a bunch of blue ribbons, / He promised he’d buy me a bunch of blue ribbons, / … Read More
For this Throwback Thursday, I have selected fruits I painted in my sketchbook in 2015. There is nothing better than popping sweet, just picked sun-kissed berries into our mouth. The juicy sweetness can only be enjoyed a few weeks during … Read More
Custom wood slice portraits are unique gifts. Two more wood slices are on their way to the USA along with Patches, the cat. Such a cute trio they are! Teddy and Annabel are Mini Aussiedoodles, a breed I had not … Read More
Apprehensive Amalia at 33 years old. This week’s vintage sketch is based on a small, blurry passport photo (see below) taken in January 1934, a few weeks before my grandmother sailed from Genoa, Italy, to North America. During the … Read More
Connecting through social media. Warning! This is a rather long post, even for me. Depending where you are in this world, you might get yourself comfortable and have a cup of coffee or a glass of wine in hand before … Read More
