SUSAN'S . . . PLAYING AGAIN!

I just got a google - alert and what a surprise. It linked me to here . Amazing how anyone can take one of your images  and post it just about anywhere. Is it a honor or what?

FROM THE BEGINNING . .  . TO THE BREAKING . . .  HEAR THE CRASH? (I feel like I'm back at the Greek clubs as they break plates)   TO THE GLUEING . . .  WITH MORE TO COME . . . 

RAM print + gold leaf on bristol 6"h x 4"w I have been playing with my doll and animal  imagery,  by creating 2 dimensional prints which  will  hang with the 3 dimensional figures.  Just little  visions of fun! So the gold leaf has been flying! I have specks all over me, the table and the floor. Kind of like a party going on over here. 

ALL MY HEART 7" glass-domed doll art bisque head, squash stem, mosaic, glass heart So quiet in my  blogland for had been traveling, coordinating art for the Old House Fair, creating art for  my  upcoming shows and structuring lessons for my  UCSD Extension pastel classes.  Amazing how time flies! Above is one of my 3-dimensional pieces, All My Heart , which will be in the October Show .  And the little girl was so fun constructing, for her body is made from a squash stem  provided  by a dear friend! Below is the piece in entirety   under it's little glass dome.

RAYS OF THE MORNING 18"h x 14" w pastel Away passed the black night . . . with hours burning, it went unnoticed. Time slips and slides, rushing by in a whoosh. Drained of energy. Suddenly glancing upwards, was rewarded  with a golden view.  Revitalized!

Well my petite pastels and myself will be traveling to a show on Saturday, June 16th. That in itself is a rarity, for I typically  do not do outside shows. But this will be a fun event and my art  will be in good company with my artist friend Jori Owens.  The event is the Old House Fair held at 30th & Beech St in South Park. There will be booths, music, tours and just  plain old fun. To read more please click here .   .

detail of Bird + Butterflies 16" x 12" acrylic on wooden panel Seems as if I have a million things going on . . . I do!  Okey, maybe not quite a million, but sure  each and everyone of you out there can relate. And it sure feels like a million.  Always an on-going process juggling so many projects,  but that kinds of fuel my fire. So in between my pastels,  I've been working with acrylics on a series which  Bird + Butterflies   is one of them.  And this is just a peek for now.   

RED HAIR 6" square pastel on canvas Always amused when I read of the artists swiping  their canvases. A pretty hard thing to do when one's  a pastelist . . .   or is it?  Some take a brush and wipe away, others may use an exacto  knife and slowly scrape away, yet I have another method.  and how? I prime a stretched canvas,  then I "swipe"  by washing with turpenoid to start over. 

TIME OUT 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" pastel SOLD - PRIVATE COLLECTOR With a huge thanks to Tirage Gallery ,  these two little pieces of art have found  wonderful new homes.   Now I think I'll just sit back, and enjoy  Sunday morning with a huge donut! Hey . . .  where's Kelley? GLAZED GOODNESS 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" pastel SOLD - PRIVATE COLLECTOR

I've been working off and on these days with figurative  pieces in exploration of movement and interaction.  The above three panels illustrates the preliminary  layering and blocking-in. All imagery is still very  loose, but will tighten as the painting progresses.  I will also apply a sliver of gold leaf following  the skating path. Isn't it amazing of all the contortions skateboarders  subject their bodies to, while in flight?