Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Painting supplies: canvas, palette with paints, paint tubes, and paintbrushes on a wooden table.

14 Nov 2025 – Grateful for the Inspiration to Paint Again

Today, I am grateful for finding the inspiration and mood to paint again, especially for a charity event. It has been a difficult period recently. A bad incident […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Three smiling Asian women enjoying lunch and coffee at a cafe. Grateful for lunch with yoga classmates.

13 Nov 2025 – Grateful for Lunch and Coffee with My Yoga Classmates

Today, I am grateful for a simple yet meaningful lunch and coffee with my yoga classmates. We shared a meal, exchanged laughter, and talked about the practice that […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings A Symphony of Fruits: A vibrant oil painting of mixed fruit including kiwi, cherries, blueberries, strawberries, and oranges.

Collect Well 2 – Where to Buy Art: From Galleries to Online Platforms

Buying art today is no longer limited to quiet galleries or invitation-only exhibitions. The art world has expanded beautifully, giving collectors more access and freedom than ever before. […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Feet soaking in a wooden tub with colorful flowers, promoting foot reflexology and relaxation.

12 Nov 2025 – Grateful for the Healing Calm of Foot Reflexology

Today, I took an hour off for foot reflexology, and it was exactly what I needed. My mind has been racing lately with all the ideas, plans, and […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Pilates pose silhouette with "PILATES" text. Core strengthening.

11 Nov 2025 – Grateful for a Free Pilates Class and a Stronger Core

Today, I am grateful for the opportunity to attend a free Pilates class, thanks to my Yoga Master who is also a Pilates instructor. It has been years […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Silhouette of a woman in tree pose at sunset on a beach, reflecting yoga teacher's wisdom.

10 Nov 2025 – Grateful for My Yoga Teacher’s Wisdom and Guidance

Today, I want to express my gratitude to my yoga master for his words of encouragement and support as I embark on my new ventures. His guidance reminds […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Collection of well-used paintbrushes in jars, ready for creating art. Grateful to my brushes!

9 Nov 2025 – Grateful to My Brushes

Today, I took time to clean all my brushes , every single one of them, all 80. It was both a practical task and a symbolic act of […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings My Darling Dahlias: Contemporary flower painting featuring colorful dahlias in red, purple, and yellow hues.

Collect Well 1: How to Buy Art You’ll Truly Love (Not Just Follow Trends)

This is the first Collect Well Series where I share my thoughts about collecting art. In a world where everything changes fast, from social media fads to art […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Spaghetti with meatballs and broccoli, a home-cooked lunch made with love.

8 Nov 2025 – Grateful for a Home-Cooked Lunch Made with Love

Today, I’m feeling grateful for a simple yet wonderful gesture. My hubby cooked lunch for me. He made meatball spaghetti with broccoli, and it was absolutely delicious. The […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings New sprout growing in soil, bathed in sunlight. Symbol of new collaborations and possibilities.

7 Nov 2025 – Grateful for New Collaborations and Possibilities

Tonight, I had a wonderful dinner meeting with my potential business partners. Over good food and genuine conversation, we shared our ideas, dreams, and plans for the new […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Lush tree canopy with ferns, exemplifying the beauty of trees.

6 Nov 2025 – Grateful for the Beauty of Trees

Today, as I took a quiet walk in the park, I stopped to admire this magnificent tree standing tall before me. Its trunk was thick with leaves, ferns […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Ornate wrought iron gate with stone pillars, symbolizing gatekeepers.

The Decline of the Gatekeepers

For decades, curators and galleries stood as the self-appointed gatekeepers of the art world, deciding who gets seen, who gets shown, and who is worthy of recognition. They […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Woman using a yoga wheel for a backbend in a yoga studio.

5 Nov 2025 – Grateful for an Energising Yoga Practice today

Today’s yoga practice left me feeling both challenged and alive. We explored many new poses and moved through them in a more dynamic flow than usual. It was […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Art studio storage: Canvases, paints, and supplies neatly organized on shelves. #artstudio

4 Nov 2025 – Grateful for finding energy to clean my art studio

Today, I want to express gratitude for my art room, my creative sanctuary where I paint, store my supplies, and keep my finished works. It is a space […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Freedom Girl: Freedom in Bloom, inspirational feminine artwork featuring a woman with a daisy crown.

3 Nov 2025 – Grateful for Healing Through Ayurveda

Today, I want to express my gratitude for discovering Ayurveda, a gentle, natural path to healing that has brought comfort and balance back into my body and mind. […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Painting of sheep grazing in a colorful, festive field, part of the ART COLLECTIVE 3 series.

2 Nov 2025 – Remembering with Love on All Souls’ Day

Today, on All Souls’ Day, I felt a quiet calling to return to church. It has been a while since I last went, but something in my heart […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Three cute cats pose in front of Singapore's Gardens by the Bay.

1 Nov 2025 – Grateful for Lifelong Friendships

Today, I am deeply grateful for the gift of true friendship, the kind that stands the test of time, distance, and change. I spent a lovely day out […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Drifting Dreams painting: Three white paper boats sailing on a calm, blue body of water

31 Oct 2025 – Grateful for What I Have

Today, I am simply grateful for what I have. Not for what is coming, or what I am still waiting for, but for what is already here. The […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings AI innovation concept: Brain with AI circuitry, light bulbs for ideas, and growth chart with arrow.

30 Oct 2026 – Grateful and excited about what’s ahead

Today I had the chance to dive deeper into the fintech startup I have the opportunity to be part of,  learning more about the platform, its solution, and […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Yoga instructor assisting student in pose on mat. Mirrors reflect class.

29 Oct 2025 – Grateful to return to the Mat

After two weeks away on holiday, today I finally rolled out my mat again. My body felt a little stiff, my movements slower, but the familiar rhythm of […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Latte art flower in a clear glass cup, a "cup of encouragement.

28 October 2025 – Grateful for the cup of encouragement and clarity

Today, I am grateful for a quiet coffee meeting with a dear friend who reminded me of something simple yet powerful — that storms pass, and light always […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Colorful zinnia flower field under a blue sky with puffy white clouds.

27 Oct 2025 – Grateful for a Day of Rest and Reflection

Today, I am grateful for a quiet day to pause, rest, and simply breathe. Life often moves so quickly that we forget how healing stillness can be. Having […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Tabby cat with angel wings, a symbol of love taking a new form.

26 Oct 2025 – Grateful for Love That Takes a New Form

Today, I learned that my neighbour’s beloved cat, Gideon, passed away peacefully at the age of eighteen. He had been part of their family for so long that […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Clown directs artists painting under a circus tent. Art world clown moment.

Clown Moments in the Art World

Some jokes About the Things Galleries and Curators Say That Make Artists Question Reality. Sometimes the art world doesn’t feel like a sophisticated scene of cultured minds, it […]

Danielle Art Original Acrylic and Oil Paintings Two lightbulbs overlapping, symbolizing "Best Idea" and new beginnings.

25 Oct 2025 – Grateful for Divine Timing and New Beginnings

Today, I am grateful to God for divine timing, for reconnecting me with an ex-colleague I had not met for more than twenty years. Out of the blue, […]