tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72197637742385715642024-03-06T19:34:11.554-08:00Susan SmolenskyPainting in OilSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comBlogger445125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-62318487413953559122020-04-12T14:01:00.000-07:002020-04-12T14:01:14.557-07:00A Time of Renewal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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S<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">pring is just barely beginning to make itself known here in the high Sierra Nevada foothills - in fact we had snowfall last week and are still waiting for spring flowers to bloom. But a bevy of bunnies appeared on my dining table just in time for Easter morning. Surely Spring flowers will soon follow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wish everyone good health and safety in this time of new beginnings and renewal. My husband and I are doing well as we social distance. I hope to have some new work to show soon and have had a wonderful time checking out your blog sites and viewing all the inspiring artwork there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Take very good care of yourselves!</span>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-27082564688846065872020-01-16T15:27:00.000-08:002020-01-16T15:27:21.819-08:00Washington DC National Gallery of Art.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Smithsonian National Gallery of Art - what a divine place! I will start with the post impressionists and impressionists as they are always my favorites.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And then there were a few surprises! This exquisite drawing by Verrochio of Woman with Braided Hair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And a small, perfect Leonardo Da Vinci portrait!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And a lovely Cezanne landscape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took dozens and dozens of photos and I wish I could show them all but I do encourage you to go and spend a day at this wonderful museum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will leave you with a photo of a painting I did many years ago of Toulouse Lautrec in his studio with his dog , his model and his completed Moulin Rouge painting!</span><br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-88216309691767011182020-01-10T17:53:00.002-08:002020-01-16T15:29:01.426-08:002020 Begins, a Bobcat and Part 3 of Washington DC<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hot off the easel - first painting of 2020. And a big surprise this morning as I was having coffee in my kitchen - a beautiful, bobcat walked right across the backyard! I was not fast enough to get to my camera for a photo but did remember this lynx (cousin of a bobcat and very similar in appearance) painting I did a while ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We finally got to tour Mount Vernon on the next morning of our Christmas vacation. I have wanted to see the home of George Washington for a long time and was not disappointed. I was filled with a sense of awe and of history to be able to walk through the rooms and gardens where he and Martha hosted Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison. I learned that following his Presidency, he was an avid farmer and was surprised to hear that he was the first person to breed a mule - a cross between a female horse and a male donkey. He wanted a big, strong animal with lots of stamina to be able to plow the fields!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We spent the afternoon walking the gentle hills and valleys of Arlington National Cemetery - a place I have no adequate words to describe other than to say I have never felt more humbled or more grateful for the sacrifice of these men and women. It is a still and quiet place of great yet disquieting beauty - a place for deep sorrow, reverence and introspection .</span><br />
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There are so many wonderful ways to celebrate the holidays but our evening at the Kennedy Center to hear The National Symphony Orchestra with Sir Andrew Davis conductor perform the Messiah was an event, an experience, I will never forget and the absolute highlight of our Washington trip.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> The music was extraordinary and performed with palpable emotion and complete excellence. Adriana Churchman sang the soprano parts and I am convinced her voice must come directly from heaven - it was a total joy to hear her flawless, soaring singing. Needless to say, this evening filled me with optimism and hope for all of mankind and I will try to carry that forth with me into the New Year. Hearing this performance was a Christmas gift I will always remember. It was worth the entire trip to the Capital just to be able to listen to this music.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">More of our trip to come but I will also show you a recent painting I will title - Happy Holidays Two Ewe!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My husband and I just returned from a whirlwind Christmas trip to Washington DC. It must have been windy in Reno while we were gone as we returned to find a huge mound of tumbleweeds up against our front door. Our first order of business was to clean them up and restore the yard to order!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On our first day, we spent the morning touring the Pentagon. It was a unique experience - very high security with no photography allowed. In the afternoon we toured the Capital building, the Rotunda and Hall of Statues. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">180 feet up, the dome of the Rotunda features The Apotheses of Washington painted by Constantino Brumidi in 1865 showing Washington flanked by figures representing Liberty, Victory and Freedom . Amazingly the figures are up to 15 feet tall in order to be seen from the floor.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">filled with wonder, joy, peace and good health!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As this year comes to a close I find myself filled with a deep sense of gratitude for the life I am living and all the truly wonderful people that I have come to know and love. Thank you to everyone who has stopped by this blog and given me the gift of commenting on my work. You have deeply enriched my life with your insightful thoughts and generous words. You, and viewing your work, continue to inspire and amaze me and have </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">helped me to stay the course on this not always easy artful journey. With a grateful heart I thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I will be traveling for the next couple of weeks and this will be my last blog entry until I return after Christmas. I will show you a practice piece that I painted on heavy brown paper this week - perhaps in preparation for a future work I may attempt on canvas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> And a crop - perhaps this is a better composition? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A few weeks ago, my husband and I took a short trip to Las Vegas and had a chance to visit the Hoover Dam - what a wonder of engineering and what a unique<span style="font-size: 11pt;"> experience . We took the tour and went down, down, down to the bottom interior level to view the actual turbine generators (17 of them) and walk through some of the
original tunnels blasted out of rock with dynamite. It is an almost
impossible accomplishment of engineering (built in 1930’s using slide rulers to
do the math) and finished 2 years ahead of schedule. The dam has been in continuous </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">operation</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> and supplies hydroelectric generated power to a
large part of the southwestern US, is pollution free and runs self-sufficiently
using no tax money. I have suddenly become a big fan of hydroelectric power!</span></span></div>
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-30796663591309168112019-10-27T16:11:00.000-07:002019-10-27T16:11:45.129-07:00Horses, Portraits and Lake Tahoe<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Back to the subject of horses! This is one of my favorite subjects and I am always drawn back to painting them time and time again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The brisk Autumn weather has been so lovely that my husband and I decided to drive to Lake Tahoe to do some hiking. We discovered a brand new trail that meanders along the Nevada side of the lake then follows the Truckee River back toward Reno. It is many dozens of miles long and we only hiked about 2 miles but the views were superb. The lake water is crystal clear and is a brilliant turquoise near the shoreline. It was a spectacular day!</span></div>
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-52377093327353926962019-09-22T10:54:00.001-07:002019-09-22T10:54:45.860-07:00A Dog and his Woman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been thinking recently about remarkable moments in my art journey and one that stays with me occurred the first time I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as a young girl. I remember having a day all to myself and deciding to visit the museum. Spending a wonderful few hours there, I finally wandered into the European Art of the 19th Century section. Turning a corner heading from one room to the next, I was suddenly confronted by the larger than life <i>Dead Christ with Angels </i>by Edouard Manet. Perhaps it was the subject matter, or the intensely realistic depiction, or the play of light across the body with the face in shadow but, stopping in my tracks, I gasped at the horrible reality of what I was seeing combined with the incredible beauty of the painting. It was a shocking assault on my senses and one I have never forgotten. It was quite a moment - filling me with a rush of powerful emotion that stays with me even today. A piece of painted canvas transforming my whole experience and allowing me to appreciate a vision and a talent through my own senses. This is what great Art is all about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-11578409592519584462019-09-16T11:22:00.001-07:002019-09-16T11:22:45.995-07:00A Dog and her Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still trying to find my way. A while ago I had started a series about people with their dogs and this one fits into that genre.</span><br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-44303053478030082002019-09-08T14:56:00.000-07:002019-09-08T14:56:29.666-07:00Never Stop Learning<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After about two weeks of daily struggle and disappointment with nearly a dozen wipe off paintings, I finally let this one stay on the canvas. I don't know what my problem has been. Perhaps lack of inspiration as the hot days of summers end lay heavily upon us and seem to sap both strength and creativity. Or just one of those cycles where the paint brush and the mind of the artist are not in sync. I have found that the best way to get through these down times is not to obsess too much but to just keep on painting. My experience is that eventually you will break through. And so I am hoping this odd little portrait will be my first step on the road back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I also treated myself to an hour or so inside Barnes & Noble - still a favorite place - and picked up this little gem of an art book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have only just begun to go through it but am discovering that, after a brief introduction, there are lessons and philosophical meandering by many of the instructors at the Art Students League of NY. Each lesson is unique, thoughtful and quite practical. I am thoroughly enjoying this book!</span>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-47373899255258195412019-08-21T14:00:00.000-07:002019-08-21T14:00:29.953-07:00A Little Catching Up<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My two large ballerina paintings have settled in to their new places in my home. This one in the living room on a wall that was just begging for a painting.<br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Comments and thoughts are greatly appreciated!</span>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-66625941344942546682019-08-02T14:44:00.000-07:002019-08-02T14:44:03.747-07:00Portrait Practice and DIY Framing<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After getting in some portrait practice, I tried my hand at framing my two large ballerina at the circus paintings. In an effort to save on the cost of framing such large paintings, I ordered frame pieces from an internet site called <a href="https://www.customframesolutions.com/" target="_blank">Custom Frame Solutions</a>. I am very pleased with the product and the fact that the pieces were cut precisely as I ordered. Putting them together with a little wood glue and small plastic brackets was not too difficult. I chose a narrow silver leaf frame as the background of the paintings are mostly gray and I thought the lighter frame would offset that color well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And so we drove through California farm country and saw
massive fields of strawberries, cherry farms and numerous other edible green
things. Next we drove through the hilly and very beautiful wine country
with grape vines covering almost every hill and vale and a place to stop for
wine tastings around each curve in the road. Our next stop was the mountaintop
home of William Randolph Hearst, aptly called Hearst’s Castle. It is a gigantic
estate home of over 65,000 square feet full of European and ancient Greek and
Roman antiquities. It covers over 250,000 acres of breathtaking California
land, from mountain to sea. The drive to the top took about 20 minutes and was
harrowing on a very narrow and twisty road with no guard rails and cows randomly crossing back and forth along the way! The castle itself was spectacular but it
was very hot – making the outdoor pool extremely inviting. Fortunately
that night we found a room in a lovely Inn right on the Pacific Ocean. The wind
was blowing and it was chilly seaside but we walked on the beach for a couple
of miles and breathed in the wonderful salt air. I had forgotten how much I
love the coast and the ocean and this trip was a wonderful reminder. Then we
drove along the Pacific Coast Highway to Carmel by the Sea and then on to
Monterey. Stopping at Elephant Seal Beach we actually saw two huge males
fighting in the water. The deep bellowing sounds they made were
unforgettable – a true National Geographic moment!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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full bloom everywhere you turned. The air smelled intoxicating! Staying
overnight at the Portola Inn in Monterey, we visited the Aquarium then
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-69459162134568770572019-07-04T18:00:00.000-07:002019-07-04T18:00:48.589-07:00Ruby and Another Sale<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Children are such a great challenge to paint - one must try and retain their childish proportions and innocence while still attending to the essence of their personalities. Young Ruby has sparkling eyes, a captivating smile and a wild individualism about her. The portrait will be a surprise birthday gift for a very dear friend (Ruby's grandmother) whom I have known since I was 10 years old - a lifetime friend. I hope both she and Ruby like it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And more good news from the Roux & Cyr gallery in Maine - another sale. This one of a loose and impressionistic lobster. I loved this one when I sent it off to the gallery and am so happy about the sale. I think it would look great in Maine seaside cottage kitchen!</span><br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-23054835824735033842019-05-20T20:30:00.000-07:002019-05-20T20:30:17.281-07:00A Sold Painting and Toulouse Lautrec<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ballerina #43 recently sold from the Roux and Cyr Gallery in Portland, Maine. Thank you so much, Susan Roux - you are the best! This painting went to the same collector that bought my crab with lemons painting last year. It's so nice and an honor to have clients come back to purchase a second piece and I am thrilled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is #43 (and I can hardly believe that I painted this many ballerinas)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://studioatthefarm.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-goose-of-different-color-step-by-step.html" target="_blank">Kathryn Ragan</a>, a wonderful watercolor artist and one of my long time blog followers, commented to me that my first ballerina at the circus painting reminded her of Toulouse Lautrec's circus themed drawings. So of course, I immediately went to Amazon and found a book originally published in 1953. The book has very little text but each page showcases in beautiful color one of his 39 circus drawings. The reproductions are high quality and it is a a pure delight to leaf through, each drawing showing his deft and incredible draftsmanship.</span><br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-34898792079199730332019-05-18T13:27:00.000-07:002019-05-18T13:27:27.513-07:00Lions! Oh, my!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Strangely enough, this piece of cardboard handled oil paint much differently than the first piece. The surface was slightly rougher and much more absorbent. I do like the subject and the composition but I certainly struggled with the paint application. Here are a few photos from the work in progress:</span><br />
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In between working on this large picture, we had a few spring like days and I was able to get a little gardening done.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A pink flowering succulent called Calandrinia Spectabulis from the mountains of Chile. I hope it is hardy enough for Reno, Nevada!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And my snowball bush with the flowering plum in the background. It was covered with pink flowers just a day or two before I took this photo.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-73341553982585009892019-04-14T18:34:00.000-07:002019-04-14T18:35:29.810-07:00Large Project<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This painting has been in process on and off for a few weeks and, today, I feel like it is finally finished. What inspired me was that my husband ordered a glass floor mat to put under the chair in his office and it came packaged between two huge and wonderful pieces of cardboard! Of course, with my interest in painting on cardboard, I got very excited and could not pass up the opportunity to experiment on such a large surface. Mulling over what to paint, it seemed appropriate to place one of my large ballerinas front and center. Once the subject was selected, I decided not to prepare the surface at all but to jump right in and paint directly on the cardboard. I started out with a graphite drawing and, when that was finished to my liking, began with oil thinned with mineral spirits. Thicker paint came later. The surface is 44 inches by 53 inches. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> It is the largest painting I have ever done and I do admit to really loving the way the surface absorbs the paint.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I hope you enjoyed seeing the process - and the good thing is - I still have a second gigantic piece of cardboard!</span>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-42691104640233526572019-03-02T15:51:00.000-08:002019-03-02T15:51:59.462-08:00Eyes Wide Closed!<br />
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Winter is finally on the run with several days of rain that washed away most of the snow - and my Christmas Roses look like they survived beautifully. And they are still blooming. What a wonder! Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-43753429989121891382019-02-24T15:49:00.000-08:002019-02-24T15:49:05.280-08:00Experimenting on Paper<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wanting to do a large figure painting, I found a roll of brown wrapping paper in my closet and decided to try it out as all of my linen panels were much smaller. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have not painted in oil on paper for such along time that I forgot how absorbent it is and struggled mightily with this figure. I do love how the paper grabs the paint and just won't let go - it is quite a different experience than painting on a prepared canvas or linen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This next portrait of Chloe was done on gessoed watercolor paper. Each painting is such a learning experience!</span><br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-45768744868839624632019-02-22T14:02:00.000-08:002019-02-22T14:02:23.151-08:00The Lovely Lynn and Another Rabbit Dream<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lynn was such a great subject to paint with her mass of elegantly unruly hair and her slight smile. And I love doing profiles!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And another rabbit dream painting....... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday was another snowy day - we ended up having to shovel the snow off the driveway twice in hopes of keeping it clear. I was exhausted at days end - but today is clear and crisp with not a single snowflake in sight! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This photo is of two small plants in my front walkway that were blooming merrily right before our last big storm. Now they are buried in snow about 8 inches deep - I wonder how they are doing? My girlfriend in the UK told me they are called Christmas Roses and they generally bloom all winter long! What a miracle!</span><br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-5924826518470221172019-02-17T15:31:00.003-08:002019-02-17T15:31:35.145-08:00Still Snowed In - and Wishing for Spring<br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-22936150905980288532019-02-11T13:17:00.000-08:002019-02-11T13:18:15.347-08:00Having some Figure Fun<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This morning we were treated to the additional delight of a small herd of deer in our valley. We have seen them several times this winter. They are mule deer and I never get tired of watching them!</span><br />
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-45921991761904334082019-02-10T14:33:00.000-08:002019-02-10T14:33:20.845-08:00From Portrait to Figure-and LOTS of Snow!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Decided to take a break from portraits and do a figure painting yesterday.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It began snowing as I was painting - just a delicate beautiful snowfall. But the storm continued throughout the night and when we awoke this morning we were greeted by a winter wonderland!</span><br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219763774238571564.post-80171274884772850162019-02-04T13:50:00.000-08:002019-02-04T13:50:04.572-08:00Morgan and Picasso<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Morgan is the very beautiful and accomplished 8 year old granddaughter of my cousin Audre. I painted this casual portrait of her as a surprise Christmas gift. Morgans parents were very happy and rewarded me with this photo of the painting nestled atop their mantle on Christmas day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Generally speaking (and after seeing numerous cubist paintings at various museums), I am not a big fan of cubism but I am a big fan of Picasso's early work - he was such a talented and unique painter even then. Recently, after watching the Genius television series on the life of Picasso, I purchased a used copy of the 1980 catalogue from the Picasso retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. It is a very comprehensive chronology of his work and I have spent many long hours pouring through it and learning from him. Many of the photos are in black and white but there are some fascinating color plates as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trying my hand at a Picasso and attempting to understand and emulate his fearless brushwork, I painted this little copy of a vibrant portrait he did in Paris in 1901</span><br />
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