Happy Mother's Day!
A break from the usual routine of my blog - to say Happy Mother's Day in pictures. :) As a mother myself, 'motherhood' often comes out in...
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Views From My Artistic Vantage Point
Overlooking Yellowstone National Park On The Yellowstone River
- by Shirl Ireland -
#27 - A Tribute to Italy - Art & Architecture
Especially now, paying tribute to Italy seems particularly opportune. As we are being shown how interconnected we all are in this world...
#26 - Walking through the History of Art...
Moving on from Paris to less well known pockets of Art history... With such deep roots here in the history of art and architecture, I can...
#25 - Lingering a bit...
With this pandemic, we have taken a detour on the blog. Come along with me as we make our way through all this together and I take this...
#24 - Off to Europe!
Destination - PARIS! So after my son had been asking half his life - granted it was only 5 years. He was now just 10. But he had...
Let's Get Creative!
I'm starting an online LIVE painting class Thursday April 9, 2020 @ 9:30 am Mountain Time for any of my blog followers who may be...
#23 - ART as a life style
If you are doing the math, we have had MANY years of continual major construction projects. And, yes, we did manage to play hard in...
Painting Classes 'LIVE' Anyone?
As an artist, I have heard so many people over the years tell me how much they'd like to learn to paint, to be more creative... with such...
#22 - Wildlife Out The Windows
So what to do in the face of such troubles throughout the world? How can one artist help? Should I continue on this blogging path I've...
#21 - Our Accommodations for Guests
We went back to the Guest House and completely gutted it to the exterior studs & updated absolutely everything. We wanted to take it up...
#20 - Architecture as a "hobby"
I really enjoy good architecture and interior design. I did even consider them as majors in college. I dabbled. I was an Architecture...
#19 - Teaching Art & Exhibiting Art
Eventually, we improved our living conditions above "camping". We worked to finish the studio and gallery side completely, so I had space...
#18 - Time to 'hunker down'...
Time was ticking - as we watched the economy slip and our artist friends getting hit hard. Our best idea was to supplement our Art by...
#17 - Building On The Edge
Meanwhile the building is progressing in our 'free time' while we're also continuing with Painting, Sculpture and Custom Lighting work....
#16 - Art Mixed With Kids
It certainly was a challenge to fit it all in around young kids! In the Art world circles, it was very rare to see any other couple with...
#15 - My favorite time & place to paint...
Out of necessity, I got in the habit of painting sunrise in Yellowstone. Designing and building a home and studio ourselves, designing...
# 14 - The Practice of Art
When we arrived in Montana, we needed to be able to work immediately – delivery deadlines had been established long ago for a lighting...
#13 - Ahhhhhhh!!!
I remember the moment well... I WAS DONE! I was ready to live on our Adirondack property forever more. I could not take the real estate...
#12 - Art Shows, House Building & Toddlers
Juggling two kids into the current schedule was certainly challenging my time management abilities!... even with my Sleep Is For Sissies...
#11 - + Kids!
Anola was born! 2 days after Christmas... (Named after a dream. It's a really good story - ask me sometime.) I was meeting with clients...
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