The Butterfly Effect

 Introducing: Les Tigres.  This watercolour tiger print symbolizes the captivating creature you are. Read that again: You are a captivating creature. Believe it, see it in the mirror, feel it in every brushstroke of the Les Tigres print that is infused with inner strength, giving you the power t...

Transforming our treasures into yours.   I did a thing. (Well, maybe a few things that led to this thing that maybe you don’t know about.)   During the height of Covid, my husband and I packed up and moved cross-country to be closer to my family in the beautiful Okanagan. I opened a gallery on...

Every year, I am inspired by new things.  While I always find nature to be the source of daily inspiration and admiration, somethings stand out to me more on some days than others.  This winter I was hunkered down in my studio and home by the fire with my paint brush and palette and I found lots ...

Welcome to my newest painted world: Astrology. Introducing Aries: The Warrior Goddess

Beautiful Aries. She shows up like a sparkly ring of fire on a mission, blazing a path for us all.  Aries begins in the light part of the year, as the leader. The warrior of light. She is the first sign of the Zodiac and is a fire sign so she has the very first spark and flame of idea and innovation, ruled by Mars. It is her duty to make her ideas come to fruition. A part of her journey is embarking on that mission of self-discovery with clarity and focus.

I have always been so curious about the stars; the moon, the sun and the galaxy illuminating the sky above us. When I was young and learned that I was born with my sun in Pisces, it made sense immediately.  Marina, the over emotional, creative, watery, dreamer. I was a fish, swimming all over th...

A 30 Day Paint Challenge by Artist Marina Billinghurst with 41 paintings for her 41^st birthday made to help those effected in the Ukraine. For the month of March, proceeds going toward – United Help Ukraine UHU