Creating slithering snakes with kids in community centres and income sensitive community...
These sessions allow me to bring out my inner child to play... 😆
Kids wishing you a HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! 🥰 🧧 🫶#happychineseyear2025 #yearofthesnake #arthousehalton #lovejoyfanart #havingfuntogether

SOLD-Catching Up in the Garden
When picking up her painting...
She reached out to give me a hug:
"Thank you for your paintings, they bring me so much peace and comfort..
I look at them before I step out into the world each day"
They reminded her of her beloved Mom & Dad who had passed away within a short time of each other..
"They used to love watching birds in their backyard"
This is the second painting she's bought from me.

This is the prayer that goes out with each of my painting:
May you feel comforted
May you feel inspired
May you feel hope again
May you feel cheered up
May you feel love warmly wrap around your protected heart
May you feel a smile brush away your tears

I was very humbled by what she said..  🥰 🙏🏼 ☀️  ​​
#birdsandflowers #birdsandblooms #birdsandbloomsmagazine #colourpassionjoy #homedecorart #mothernature #acrylicpaintingsoncanvas #birdtalkmagazine #birdlover

​SOLD 
"Gathering Of Friends", 30"x 40"

Diane saw my painting in the corridor going in and out of her office..
" Every time I saw it, it made me so happy"

She was going to contact me but then her parents' health conditions worsened...

They passed within a short time of each other...
A few months later, she finally had the mind space to give me a call to purchase the painting from me...
Email from Diane, I was happy to read:
"I wanted to show you the result, I got your artwork framed.
It is beautiful, and I feel so grateful that I get to look at it every day! It brings me so much joy!"

I wonder if the 3 birds to her, represent  her parents and her,  forever together in a happy memory surrounded by prolific nature..
Just like the old times when she was with her beloved Mom & Dad...
Our parents in the end, when we are lucky, become our best friends too.

​Forecast may be for hot weather...
But it is always noticeably  cooler/ colder by the water ...
Learned this lesson before but still got caught without a jacket...

A  Mom came by with a baby in short sleeves in a stroller ...
Mommy caught in the same predicament..
A brilliant sun can be deceiving

HOPE YOU ENJOYED A LOVELY CANADA DAY WEEKEND, dear friends! I feel over the moon blessed to be living in Canada! I am betting you do too!

#paintingonlocation #pleinairartists #tranquilitybythewater #pleinairmag #summerwalker

​Delivered my "Bird Songs" hand painted Muskoka Chair for Bronte Harbour, At Home In Bronte Project...
Tricky at times assembling the chair...
But satisfying to have it finished...
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May you find many moments of communing with nature and loved ones...
May you watch the sun rise and sun downs by the water with gladness in your hearts...
May your weariness from a hard day melt away...
As you take time to just sit and be... 🥰 🌸 ☀️
@brontebia @bumoutdoorca Bronte B.I.A. Bronte Events

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