and I am still painting! I can hardly believe that my last post was over three months ago - I don't know how time flies by so quickly. I have been busy keeping my galleries supplied with paintings and doing a lot of painting just for the pure joy.
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| A Moment of Disciplined Pleasure / 11 x 14 / oil on linen panel |
This month Reinert Fine Art opened a second gallery in the mountain town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina and Rick Reinert invited me to participate. He sent me this photo of the entry wall during the grand opening with five of my paintings so beautifully hung:
And the absolutely wonderful Roux & Cyr International Gallery of Fine Art in Portland, Maine, is celebrating the season with a small treasures show. The three wild running bunny paintings are my contribution and I am thrilled to report that two of them have already gone to wonderful homes.
I feel so fortunate to have these wonderful galleries displaying my work and making it available to the art loving public.
On the home front, my daughter, who has been living and working in Amsterdam for over a year now, was home for the Thanksgiving holidays. As a surprise for me, and all the way from the Netherlands, she carried a selection of powdered pigments ground in one of the last industrial dye windmills operating in the world today! I am so excited to have them and have been experimenting with how to use them in my work.
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| Pigments from the De Zaansche Molen windmill, Zaandam, the Netherlands |
I would like to express a note of thanks to several of my blog followers who noticed my prolonged absence and were kind enough to send me emails telling me so - thank you Hilda, Julie and Vic. It does feel good knowing that my work was missed. You have warmed my heart, especially during this very special Christmas season and I am deeply appreciative. In fact, it was your concern and your words that inspired me to post again today. I have certainly missed following your blogs in this time period and intend to catch up as soon as I can. I need the inspiration that viewing your work provides to me!
Thank you to all for following this blog and reading my musings!
It is such a treat seeing you back on your blog. LOVE, LOVE ,LOVE the dogs. ( a "love" for each one of them!) The rabbits are fab and fun. ..not at all surprised they are selling. If I were rich I would have a houseful of your works.
ReplyDeleteThe powdered colors look wonderful. I worked with dry pigment for years. A muller is handy. The saturation is worth the effort.
Hope your Christmas is extra special and may 2016 bring everything you want..
Thanks for the gift of posting.
Blessings,.
Still laughing at memories of me asking all over Portland. OR, for directions to Roux & Cyr Gallery. Wrong Portland!
That story makes me laugh, too, Julie! Thank you so much for your kind words and well wishes. I love this time of year and wish that the joy and goodwill would last all year long!
DeleteThose months can slip by so easily! I'm very thankful for encouragement from fellow bloggers and that we can enjoy seeing what others are doing. Wishing you many continued painting successes and a blessed Christmas and New Year, dear Susan!
ReplyDeleteI am thankful too as I receive so much inspiration from the viewing the work of other artists. Thank you for your well wishes and a very merry Christmas to you!
DeleteBonjour chère Susan,
ReplyDeleteJe suis très heureuse de te lire et aujourd'hui d'admirer cette nouvelle oeuvre avec ce superbe trio de chiens.
Le temps file tellement vite et pour chacun avec ses aléas... j'ai eu quelques soucis de santé qui ont fait que je n'ai pas été régulière dans le monde de la blogosphère...
Bravo pour cette nouvelle exposition dans cette autre galerie.
Je suis certaine que tu vas avoir un vif succès.
Que te souhaiter pour cette année qui s'annonce ?!... De la santé et du bonheur bien sûr !... De la peinture, de la peinture encore et encore !
Je te fais de gros gros bisous.
Tous mes voeux de joie et d'amour pour toi et tous ceux que tu aimes.
It saddens me to hear that you have been coping with health issues this past year - I wish for you a very strong and healthy New Year filled with love and peace and many, many happy paintings.
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ReplyDeleteA posting at last. The Dog`s Painting is fantastic. I`m glad that they are up for sale. And your rabits are also fantastic. If i could find a word to praise your work more than Fantastic, i woukd use it. All the best to you and your family, and a happy Christnas and a brilliant new year.
Vic.
I was truly surprised to see that I had been gone so long and it warmed my heart to have my cyber friends notice my absence. As always, I greatly appreciate your generous words regarding my work, Vic, and wish you and yours a wonderful Christmas and the best New Year ever!
DeleteGood to see you back in blogland, Susan. Your paintings look fantastic on those walls! Interesting to see those pigments, can't wait to see what you do with them. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Judy - I am experimenting with them a bit and having fun adding those colors to my work. A very Merry Christmas to you and I look forward to seing your work in the New Year as well!
DeleteReally glad to see you back, Susan. The hounds are wonderful and it's good to see whole walls of your work displayed. A Happy Christmas and a Healthy and Arty New Year
ReplyDeleteAnd the best Christmas and a wonderful New Year to you too, John. I took some time to catch up with your blog and all your artful endeavors - so much energy - you inspire me!
DeleteBeste Susan, goed je terug te zien in blogland, ik wens je veel succes met je nieuwe producten.
ReplyDeleteHet schilderij met de honden is prachtig !
Ik wens je zeer aangename feestdagen !!
groetjes van Simonne
Thank you, Simonne - I feel excited and energized moving forward into 2016. Hopefully it will be a year of progress and accomplishment. My best wishes for a wonderful Christmas to you and a very happy New Year!
DeleteHappy to hear all your good news! Congratulations on the gallery sales. Your work is always unique and wonderful. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Stephanie - and a wonderful New Year to you as well!
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