She Flourishes exhibition is over and I am celebrating its success!My show had ‘best sales in 10 years’ for the gallery, my workshop there had a waiting list (first time it ever happened at that gallery) and the response from the community was amazing. I recently received an email from the gallery assistant who is moving to a new position, here is what she wrote: There have been many...
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Gaia gave a talk at the Creative Entrepreneur Weekend at the Hashtag Gallery in Toronto. Here is a 6 min snippet of the 1:30 h presentation she did. Gaia is a certified creativity coach and assists artists with their art career. She brings to her coaching practice 25 years of experience developing her artistic work – including 12 years of international professional career. For more...
Read MoreIf I need an image I go to Google Images, right click > Save as, we all do it! Often I save an image for my ‘inspiration’ folder or because I will use it as a reference for drawing specific items; and that is just fine because the use of the image stays within my home and I do not use it for any commercial purposes. What is not fine is when we copy images from the net and use them...
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Art is one of the great ways to learn about oneself. In immersing ourselves in playing with colours, we reach places that are not easily found in our busy lives. The beauty of going there via art is that it is utterly fun: colored pencils in hand, we simply reconnect to a child-like state, open untethered and free to express. On the other hand art can also be a cathartic...
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All the images on this site are registered by the U.S Copyright Office. If you have a small personal project and would like to use some images from this site don’t hesitate to ask permission. A link exchange, other exchange or a reasonable fee depending on the project can be worked out. To use one of my image as your logo the fee is US$300. See my page on commission work if you would like...
Read MoreI recently exhibited my art in the US for my first solo show in Boulder Colorado. While I’ve been on road trips in the US many times, this was a first crossing the border with artwork in my van. Needless to say, I was a bit nervous. The advice I got from artist colleagues was to ‘just say that you are going to show your art at a non-profit art event with a big smile. For me there is...
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I am thrilled to have Integral City as a sponsor of this catalog. Our work is intimately connected: having graduated as an architect I’ve studied urban planning and have always naturally recognized when cities are well thought out, evidently affecting the quality of lives and communities positively. The work of Marilyn Hamilton is truly aesthetic as it brings the intelligence of nature into the...
Read MoreGaia’s eco greetings cards, various size prints and eco jewelry are on display in 80 stores (see list of stores) across Canada, U.S.A, Spain and France. If you are a retailer and you wish to view the wholesale catalog or place an order, contact [email protected] to get your username and password to access the wholesale part of the online catalog. All displays are...
Read MoreGaia’s eco art jewelry, greeting cards and prints have been sold in 80 stores and galleries across Canada, United States, France, Spain and the U.K. CANADA Killarney Lodge, Algonquin Park, Ontario Earth And Sky Connection, Barrie, Ontario Rustic Roots, Beeton, Ontario The Corner Cabinet, Bracebridge, Ontario Paramdhan Kaur Yoga Studio, Brighton, Ontario Awear Ecoboutique,...
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When I started using facebook I quickly realized that my effort and time spent on facebook was not rewarding and effective. I paid a local marketing expert that specializes in social media to teach me individually about all the tricks of the trade (her name is Lynn Martin from Mark Us Marketing) . We ended up spending 5 hours together and she taught me how to bring my client database into...
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