Barbara Spurll's Blog, page 2
September 3, 2018
New portrait
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
June 22, 2018
New portrait
“I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered. I feed my daughter almost exclusively organic food.” - Anthony Bourdain
watercolour 9 x 13 inches, ©Barbara Spurll
May 28, 2018
New portrait
"The NDP and the Liberals are the same. Tax, tax, tax, spend, spend, spend." - Doug Ford
Watercolour 9 x 13 inches, ©Barbara Spurll
May 14, 2018
New double portrait
There is no point at which you can say, 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.' - Carrie Fisher
Watercolour, 14 x 20 inches © Barbara Spurll, 2018
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May 8, 2018
New portrait
"We're all born naked and the rest is drag." - RuPaul
Watercolour, 9.5 x 13 inches, ©Barbara Spurll
May 1, 2018
New portrait
“If I could find a real life place to make me feel like Tiffany's, then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name.” - Holly Golightly
watercolour 12 x 17 inches, ©Barbara Spurll
April 23, 2018
Say it with flowers!
Last weekend in Lisse, The Netherlands, Paul Clemens and friends exhibited a flower mosaic made of 50,000 hyacinth flowers based on one of my paintings of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Their team won first prize!
Detail of mosaic
my original watercolour painting ©2017
April 11, 2018
New portrait
When you walk through that door of opportunity you don't slam it shut behind you. - Michelle Obama
Watercolour, 9.5 x 13 inches ©Barbara Spurll
February 28, 2018
New portrait
“The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.” - Jackie Chan
Watercolour, 9 x 12 inches, ©Barbara Spurll
February 19, 2018
New double portrait
"Philip once met an Australian man who said: "My wife is a doctor of philosophy and much more important than I am." Philip said: "Ah yes, we have that trouble in our family too." - Elizabeth II
Watercolour 11 x 14 inches, ©BarbaraSpurll
