The beauty of African Art
A few of the beautiful pieces of art and artifacts we have added to our Ibezimako Villa so far. Many were found at the Lekki Arts & Crafts Market, but we also found lots [Read more]
Artists
A new line of work
Hello friends! It's been a minute on here. That's because I started a new job last fall and I've been absorbed in it ever since. If you know me personally, you probably know I [Read more]
Pop goes the easel!
My watercolour painting career? It's been a minute. (Five years of minutes to be exact.) But with the time I've had over the past year, I started it back up. I mainly [Read more]
Treasure hunting in New York
Like all travel lists, some of the items you put on it start to fall off once you arrive at your destination. For New York, I had a list of museums to visit as long as my arm. [Read more]
A natural beauty
While in Montreal, le Chuck and I spent an afternoon walking through the Botanical Garden and looking up, way way up, at the larger-than-life masterpieces of Mosaïcultures [Read more]
The Roots
A few weeks ago, we watched The Roots perform the crap out of a concert! Black Thought, Questlove and the rest of the crew didn't stop for a second, pounding out the beats [Read more]
Art to fill the soul
This spring, I had the privilege to tour the new 100 Masters: Only in Canada exhibit at the WAG before any of the public. And what an exhibit it is! I've seen many collections [Read more]
Spinning our wheels in the Interlake
This week, my coworker and I got drenched in art as we drove through a downpour to attend the "Mug Shot" media event put on by the wonderful and welcoming artists that [Read more]
An act of kindness
My awesome coworker, Jennifer Cloutier, just made me these feather earrings after hearing I lost my old pair. She rocks! Jen creates some really beautiful, modern jewelry [Read more]
Extreme doodling
Gorgeous pen and ink illustrations by Tokyo artist Sagaki Keita. Found here. You have to check out the rest of these images. Ah-mazing!
Beautiful directions
By artist Matthew Cusick from here and here.
Vincent
Just received an email from my friend Brenda who is currently visiting Paris. She was telling me about all the art she is seeing and how fantastic everything is. She also [Read more]
Put that in your pipe
This is the exterior of Centre Pompidou, the National Modern Art Museum in Paris. What unique architecture. I imagine it was shocking to the locals when it first opened in [Read more]
…where the ladies wear no pants
Next fall I’m travelling to Europe and last week I took the first step of my adventure, I picked up a couple of travel books. Let me tell you, I’m devouring the France one. [Read more]
A nice place for a chat
I hope to find a place like this when I go to Europe.
