Whimsical Art, Sweet Treats & Enchanted Stories

A Tale as old as time- A love story

I took a break from the Seasons series this week to finish a painting I started earlier in the year for a childhood friends mom who was celebrating her 71 birthday this week.  A tale as old as time is a gift from us to her .. I say us because Sergio helped me complete...

Lilacs on Palmerston Gardens

Growing up in the city certain noises like a lawn mower working very hard  on a Sunday morning and the jingle sound of the Ice Cream Truck on a Summers eve were so familiar, children yelling and laughing in the school yard just across the street;  these became...

Winter 1975

In the Winter of 1975 I would of been 6years old and this painting is created through the eyes of that young girl.  Tree tops white while the snowy trim of window panes frosted as icicles hang from them.  The drawing was made in 2004 with soft pastels; recently I...

Sitting by my window at Twilight – 1985

One of my fondest memories growing up would be my room on the third floor of the house my parents rented.  It had the best view of my neighborhood as I was able to see the tips of trees, roof tops and alley ways.  Each season has its glory; In the coldest of winter...

March Break 1982

Where have I been the past few weeks you ask? In case you have been wondering and waiting for the first painting of Seasons in the Annex,  I assure you it has been with me this whole time.. what I have been waiting for are the words to come to me .. words that I...

Something magical is coming!

I got a little off track yesterday ..I have been working on my next installment of Seasons in the Annex, however yesterday I got caught up in the rain falling and slowly melting away the January ice rink that had formed in the back alley.   Something magical is...