Root Bridges
21st November 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone! Yea, can you believe that? Root bridges! I got very excited when I read about root bridges😊. Allan
Chalking Up the Brownie Points
A huge part of life is about learning to deal with people. For me, it has been the greatest challenge. But it has also brought
The Penan Girl
15th November 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone😊. This beautiful watercolour painting by Mrs Elizabeth Tang is of a Penan girl in her habitat. I thought
Magic in Variation
14th November Dr Beena Hello everyone. It is time for another musing😊. Recently the society for which I volunteer was invited to exhibit our work
Sole and Soul
13th November 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone😉. I was a bit busy and needed some time to finish my chores. Fine, now today’s musing
Happy Diwali
3rd November 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone. Jen requested my thoughts on Deepavali/Diwali. Hence, I had to paint something. I painted this little turquoise blue glass
Surprises in Art
2nd November 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone. Today I am so excited to share with you about this painting. I became so engrossed in it
Mushrooms
1st November 2021 Dr Beena Devi Hello everyone. I hope everyone is safe. Today my musing is about mushrooms. I am sure many of us
Forest-Bathing
21st October 2021 Dr Beena Hello guys! I am going to muse about something that I discovered recently. I found this paper called khadi paper
Age is Attitude
19th October 2021 Ms Kala Pohl Another year older. I look in the mirror. I see a face with lines, skin not so clear, hair
Embracing Energy-New Beginnings
16th October 2021 Suchitra Narayan The parched earth looks up, Hands stretched out – Reaches out to the glowing star. In the distance too far,
Singing Trees
15th October 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone, it is time for the next musing😊. The above painting is the avenue of Spanish chestnut trees in
Opera Lady
9th October 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone. Today let’s discuss a rather unusual topic. Yeah, it is about Chinese Opera. My friend Cheng Hwai Jen
How Are You?
6th October 2021 Mrs Kala Pohl The “how are you?” question has puzzled me over the years. Somewhere along the way, we have forgotten the
Succulents and Joy
4th October 2021 Dr Beena Hello guys. Today am going to write succulents. The painting by my friend Esther Ng is about succulents. Due
Koi and Vaccine
4th October 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone. Today I am writing about Koi fish. My neighbour and good friend Mrs Elizabeth Tang painted this beautiful
Who’s the Boss?
23rd September 2021 Kala Pohl Friends tell me that my middle name should have been Pollyanna. Or maybe even my first name. I choose to
Silence
21st September 2021 Dr. Beena Hello everyone. I hope all are fine and safe. Today’s painting is about the Blue Bird-of-Paradise. I painted this
Rose and Me
18th September 2021 Dr Shobha George Hello there to everyone who comes by. I am Daisy, a flower that grows wild and thrives almost anywhere.
On Being Global and Indian
14th September 2021 Mrs Kala Pohl I painted this scene because it reminded me so much of my heritage – Kerala in South India. We
Sailing into the Sunset
12th September 2021 Ms Vasanthi Arasoo This painting is another masterpiece by Dr. Beena. The huge sun setting and turning the sky into red, orange
The Ripple Effect
11th September 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone, time for another musing. This picture that I painted is from a tutorial by Paul Clark. It is
Wave and the Masking Fluid
5th September 2021 Dr Beena Hello Everyone Time for another musing. Hmm, since my little toe fractured, I am grounded☹. Well, with the pandemic, most
Paths We Are Meant To Walk
2nd September 2021 Ms Kala Pohl I am a professional artist. When Beena first asked me to write and share my paintings on this site,
The bird and the flower
Suchitra Narayan I wrote a Haiku on a flower that made me look at life differently. I like writing poetry. A Haiku is poetry in
Summertime in an Abenaki Village
29th August 2021 Dr. Beena Ever since Allan wrote that story on Peace in Wintertime, Skowhegan, Maine, I have been intrigued. After I read about
Memories That Linger
Nyuk’s story and painting was so nostalgic and it put me in a mood to write about memories that linger. When I tell people that
Reminders of Things Past
26th August 2021 Ms Lo Yen Nyuk On 22/8/2021, Ming, my sister who lives in New Zealand, Whatsapped the above image to me with the
Look Up, Let Hope Soar High
22nd August 2021 Dr.Beena Hello guys Yes, look up. I love this painting. It is like you are standing or lying on the ground looking
Onam
21st August 2021 Dr. Beena Devi Hello everyone. Today is Onam. I wish those celebrating a Very Happy Onam, more so because of our challenging