Blog | Ilana Cowan Art

Jun 25

A Happy New Collector

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of hand delivering one of my latest paintings, 'Bouquet' to my new collector, Marlene, an artist herself....

Jun 22

How I started painting...

22 June 2024 When I was about fourteen, in Brazil, my mother decided I needed a special outfit for going out. So she bought some...

Jun 15

Goodbye, 'Akko'!

Saturday, 15 June 2024 Located in Israel, the Old City of Akko is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the oldest ports in the world....

Jun 12

The Beginning

Tuesday, 12 June 2024 I was a textile artist before I became a visual artist. Batik was my very first love. It totally became a consuming...

Jun 10

Monday, 10 June 2024 - King's Birthday

Our Mother and Daughter exhibition finishes in exactly six days. My daughter told me yesterday that she had a dream: most of our...

Jun 4

Tuesday, 04 June 2024

Had good news today from the Cooroy Butter Factory Gallery: this little painting sold. It always feels so nice when someone spends their...

Jun 1

Rainy Saturday - June 1st, 2024.

It's Saturday night. Fire roaring. Outside the rain pelts down. Been trying to learn about meta tags and SEO today. Not doing too well at...

May 27

Monday, 27 May 2024.

Lovely, cool crispy morning. Hard to know what this blog is going to be like. A diary? For now it is just an entry. This is an old but...

May 26

Eight days ago... 18 May 2024

Mother and Daughter, Sara Yael and I, Ilana Cowan, at our 'In Bloom' exhibition at the Cooroy Butter Factory. Behind us is part of Sara's...