2019-04-13 13:03
I'm looking forward to showing my paintings once again in this juried exhibition, bringing together a cross section of work from a diverse group of Montreal's women artists. (Actually there… Read More
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The art and adventures of professional fine art artist Tatiana Iliina. Russian artist living in Canada. Interests include painting, photography, video, science, space, science fiction, nature, environment, travel, writing, family, special needs, blogging, social media, design, fashion, etc.
2019-03-18 00:37
Say I'm going to paint a new painting. Whether I am able to attain the creative flow or not is another question (!) but let's just say I am... and I imagine arriving in an exotic harbor... … Read More
2018-06-12 20:36
This is another take on my "early snowfall" theme.This painting is available by auction or buy it now on my Daily Paintworks site Read More
2018-06-09 19:09
My post today includes a painting I have named "Urban Enchantment". Rather than look into the painting itself though, my post today looks at one face of urban enchantment, and the contributi… Read More
2018-06-08 19:42
"When the Master came among them With his calm and courtly pride, And had sailed away at sundown With pale Dora for his bride;" - The Master of the Isles, Bliss CarmanSometimes I'm looking f… Read More
2018-06-07 15:45
Earth has put off her raiment Wintry and worn and old, For the robe of a fair young sibyl. Dancing in green and gold.Bliss Carman, The RedwingWhat can I add to that?I love the spring! Even w… Read More
2018-06-06 16:00
Let the windows smile again To the morning light, And the door stand open wide When the moon is bright.-Bliss Carman, The HomesteadI love the subtle hues of early morning light and painting… Read More
2018-06-05 19:32
Hello from Montreal, the beautiful city of whacky weather!Ater a few days of sweltering heat, yesterday it cooled right down, to the point where it reminded me of how an unexpected snowfall… Read More
2018-06-04 15:21
It is at times amusing, at times possibly frightening, and almost always interesting, to consider the variations in the types of danger that different people face in their daily lives. Somet… Read More
2018-06-03 18:50
"Oh waywardness of womanhood!" -George Eliot, MiddlemarchOn the possibility of a world where rose-colored glasses prevail...On what planet does a 19-year-old woman fall in love with and marr… Read More
2018-06-02 18:05
The dreams have never changed much - the characters come and go, but everyone has dreams... ...you have the drowsy dreamers, who sort of drift along hoping everything will somehow fall into… Read More
2018-06-01 15:33
"...We got together in a few days a company of the toughest old salts imaginable--not pretty to look at, but fellows, by their faces, of the most indomitable spirit...." - Robert Louis Steve… Read More
2018-05-31 01:15
OK maybe ya don't follow me on Instgram but we can still be friends! Read More
2018-05-27 19:51
Hello sunshine, good-bye rain!After another long northern winter I am nearly instantly rejeuvenated with a few good days in the garden! Even just walking around the neighborhood, seeing the… Read More
2018-05-26 18:23
Subtle greys and steam unfold around impressions of a city.A hint of color penetrates the black and white facade of twilight.Structures of an uncertain age come to us from an uncertain time… Read More
2018-05-25 14:50
In case anyone didn't notice, I have been posting slightly more often this week.In all honesty I always had in mind to post daily on my blog but sometimes life gets in the way! Anyway, now t… Read More
2018-05-24 16:34
"...the hidden and reverberant impulse, Shifts and dances into curve and line..." - Bliss Carman, Behind the GamutIn traditional painting, we take on the momentous task of absorbing all the… Read More
2018-05-23 21:03
"...he was sufficiently open to the charms of nature, and very well able to express his admiration..." - Jane Austen, Mansfield ParkFor the purpose of this blog post we will take it at face… Read More
2018-05-10 18:46
Super excited to be participating in the Women's Art Society of MontrealMember's Juried Exhibition for 2018!The exhibition is being held this weekend,Friday, May 11 thru Sunday, May 13, in t… Read More
2018-01-18 17:23
Back in the day, (and I do mean a way back) it was so far fetched to imagine a girl or woman reading science fiction, that the aspiring writer Alice Mary Norton formally changed her name to… Read More
2018-01-02 20:24
Despite seemingly overwhelming forces, I do occasionally wiggle free of the comfortable cocoon of procrastination that has a way of filtering the absolutely necessary from the stuff we never… Read More
2017-10-26 20:48
"The more you know the more you realize you don't know," so they say.Spending a lifetime in art, I have found this to be so so true!Whenever I step up to a canvas, each time I walk into… Read More
2017-10-18 19:24
It has been a while since I have had a promotion so I'm bringing back one of the most popular!That is, 20% off on any purchase from my website, for all my social media followers, from now th… Read More
2017-10-15 02:45
Would you say I have a defeatist attitude if I told you I had almost given up on one of my biggest dreams?Maybe it's true. And I should add that I haven't given up completely. But, when I te… Read More
2017-10-12 05:48
Even people with no religious affiliation whatsoever may often be heard saying things like they "believe in some sort of spiritual power". Similarly, people are quite happy to get… Read More
2017-10-10 15:20
Oliver Goldsmith was an Irish writer and poet who worked in the 1700s. One of his most notable works was The Deserted Village, a poem that critiques rural depopulation and unlimited&nbs&hell…Read More
2017-05-05 16:19
My work has wandered the world in wondrous ways.I had already been selling internationally for a while when I sold my first abstract glacier painting to a collector in South Africa. That was… Read More
2017-05-02 20:12
The first two sessions of my new "Hack the Knife" palette knife video tutorials are now live online on myYoutube channel.I actually released the first video last month and have had a lot of… Read More
2016-12-14 20:26
(Polar Press) Alert, NunavutRecord low Arctic sea ice in November has meteorologists concerned about the functionality and safety of reindeer runways in the North Pole sector.Satellite monit… Read More
2016-12-08 15:43
My promotion for the holiday season is a 20% discount on all purchases from my website to all who follow me on social media.That includes this blog and my newsletter, as well as all the othe… Read More
2016-12-07 15:19
Yesterday Gord Downie was honoured with an eagle feather and the spirit name, "Man Who Walks Among the Stars" at a national Assembly of First Nations meeting in Canada.There is hardly a pers… Read More
2016-10-12 14:55
Painting-a-Day, Day 8The original Treasure Island perhaps only existed in the mind of its creator, the author, Robert Louis Stevenson. No one who read the story as a child could ever forget… Read More
2016-10-09 13:51
To go from very sporadic blogging to attempted daily blogging is quite the challenge. More of a challenge even than painting a painting (and posting the auction for sale) every day. Obviousl… Read More
2016-10-07 12:29
Art is a game where you play on the field of imagination.This can produce some interesting results. Using today's painting as an example, I am hoping to show here how that evolves...This par… Read More
2016-10-06 13:33
OK haha - I barely got this one posted on auction last night! Technically a day behind schedule as it was after midnight. Not to mention, a detail image somehow came up as the main image on… Read More
2016-10-05 05:26
Today's painting borrows from a couple of my most popular themes, the palette knife cityscapes and seascapes. It looks like a tropical sea or ocean, there appears to be a storm brewing, and… Read More
2016-10-04 03:51
Painting-a-Day, Day 3:Today's painting, which I called "Some Golden Day", is a city painting, done in my signature palette knife style. There is a thick, rich texture to it, as you can proba… Read More
2016-10-02 23:18
For the second painting of my "Painting a Day" I return to the stark beauty of the winter forest.The Russian forests that I grew up exploring were somewhat like those in eastern Canada and t… Read More
2016-10-01 03:31
You have probably heard somewhere about these crazy people who are seemingly normal one day and then suddenly without warning they go into acreative frenzy that doesn't let up until... eithe… Read More
2016-09-25 00:05
It wasn't so far in the past that the mythical (or was it?) Tatiana's Underground existed nowhere beyond the mind of my occasionally demented muse. It was then that a suspected bolt of dire… Read More
2016-09-21 21:11
Wow. That was quite a ride!This has been the contest that keeps on contesting.What happened, in a nutshell, for those who missed it, is that I announced my Name the Painting contest back in… Read More
2016-09-18 23:01
What could be more timeless or romantic than the last dance?Off the top of my head there may be a few other heart-rending lines and soapy scenarios out there but this one is definitely… Read More
2016-09-18 01:44
Follow my blog on BloglovinWhen I named one my of my recent large abstract paintings"Denver Trail"I had in mind referencing a portion of the historicPony Expressroute through the Rocky Mount… Read More
2016-09-10 22:18
Growing up in the Soviet Union, one was presented a certain view of how the world spins around. One part of this view was the stereotypical "greedy capitalist". The following is the short ta… Read More
2016-09-08 17:35
I have truly been blessed with some of the world's best and most appreciative customers!You wouldn't believe the number of wonderful thank-you notes and messages I have received from happy c… Read More
2016-09-07 10:58
My promotion for August was a 20% discount on all purchases made through my website for everyone following me on any of my social media accounts. As a lot of people may have been out of town… Read More
2016-08-24 14:06
This was a surprise!If you entered my Name the Painting contest and weren't the winner, looks like you may still have a chance!Turns out the person who submitted the winning entry on Faceboo… Read More
2016-06-13 13:31
"I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it. I don't believe a rose would be as nice if it was called a thistle or a sku… Read More
2016-06-13 01:48
"...In clamorous gangs the gathering woodmen pressNorthward, and the stern winter's toil begins,Around the long low shanties, whose rough linesBreak the sealed dreams of many an unnamed lake… Read More
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