SUSAN'S . . . PLAYING AGAIN!

EVENING FIRE 2 6" x 6" pastel on sanded paper AR glass & Black frame $375 - free shipping* (15% discount available - just ask!) Contact Randy for purchase @ #800-506-7624 or support@kingofframe.com The eve of Christmas and the sky was blazing red.  

 PURPLE DELUGE 6" x 6" pastel on sanded paper $295 - free shipping CLICK - purchase Purple Deluge is my second pastel on Randy Higbee Gallery's 2022 6" Square Online Exhibition + Sale. I do have two more juried into his gallery show, which  I'll be posting soon.  Art is a wonderful xmas gift! Consider on purchasing, plus tell Rand 'Sue says give a 15% discount on top of  t he purchase price!' And the shipping is inclusive. So click here , to see additional information and purchase.

 HEAVY WAS THE CLOUD 6" pastel on sanded paper unframed $295  - free shipping click to purchase The above pastel, HEAVY WAS THE CLOUD, is one of  two juried into Randy Higbee's 2022 6" Squared Online  Exhibition and Sale.  This is the second year of the online exhibit with excellent  deals. AND with interest, you can tell Randy 'Susan says  you can have 15% off the listed price!' With free shipping the painting makes an excellent  xmas gift! Click here to see the 2 pieces and / or purchase:

 DREAM AWAY 6" x 6" soft pastel, gold frame Sold - Private Collector Off another one goes!  So thankful for collectors and their support. 

CROSS OF REDEMPTION 12"h x 9"w soft pastel + gold leaf 22.5"h x 18.5" glass, mat and gilded frame $725 This Saturday, the 12th is the reception at New Mexico  Art League's Beyond Ordinary -the Still Life - from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. I will be here! The above pastel, Cross of Redemption , is one of the three within the exhibit. To read more about the show or purchase, please click here.    

 The Ridge - Orange + Purple Sunset - Swirl of Clouds Each is 6" x 6" acrylic Floater frame - Dave Roden's recycled painted  pallet wood frame $225 Each Honored my three acrylics were juried into the  miniature division of  the 27th Annual  Gateway  to the  Rockies Art Show . The exhibit opens Friday,  November 4th with a reception from 5 to 7pm  at the Community College of Aurora, Colorado.  Unfortunately I won't be in attendance, however  will be there in spirit! Please stop bye if you live  or visiting the area. The show will be up till  December 9th and miniatures make lovely  Christmas gifts!

A PINK DRAPE + GREEN APPLES 10" x 8" pastel 14 1/2" h x 12 1/2"w mat, glass + ornate silver frame $525 Pleased to announce that A Pink Drape + Green Apples  is the 2nd of three pastels juried into New Mexico Art League's  Beyond Ordinary _ the still life. The exhibit will up for viewing till November 26th with  an artists reception on November 12th from 4:30 - 6:30 pm.  And I will be in attendance!  Hope to see you there!!  Please click here for additional information or purchase.

  SHADOWED POSEYS 12" x 9" pastel  18" x 15" frame $550 Shadowed Poseys is one of the three pastels on exhibit at New Mexico  Art League's Beyond Ordinary - the Still Life- which opened October 25th.  The Artists Reception is on Saturday, November12th from 4:30 to 6:30 pm.  I will be there too!  Below, is the formal invitation:

TANGLED 11" mixed media tondo on wood Life can be quite messy . . .  akin to a heavily wooded forest. Tree limbs reaching upward . . .  intertwined. A mass of green leaves . . . hiding the sun's rays.  A mess . . . and tangled.   

 AND THE CLOUDS DANCED pastel Private Collector  Catching the movement and speed of the overhead  clouds . . . as the summer wanes. Blue is the sky, colorful  are the  clouds . . . in the bright day.  Beautiful!

PINKS + PURPLES 5" x 5" pastel 8" square gold frame, white mat and glass I'm not really a pink and purple person yet find these colors  soothing. Onset of a sunset when all is saying good night.  

 RED, RED, RED . . .  TUMBLE 10" x 8" pastel This little delight will be hanging with Tirage Art , one  of my favorite galleries! So happy they have represented my pastels for years.  Please click here for additional information.

A FOREST 11" round mixed media on wood  Do you have days where you feel as if you're deeply  in a forest, lush and green, yet the path is lost? Which  direction should be taken to regain your footing? Which opportunities should you grab?  Or do you look at it as a forest comforts and ensconces  you from bad happenings? A deep, green womb. Or do you feel your life is so stressful and overwhelmed, thus you're lost in a forest?   So many alternatives . . .  frankly, I'm seeking comfort.

 PEEK-A-BOO-RED 10"h x 8"w pastel  16"h x 14"w gold frame So very ripe and fresh. . .  sweet, sugary, tasty! Strawberries scream summertime.

  PINK EMBRACE AT SUNSET 11"h x 12" w soft pastel Evening slumber under the pink clouds . . . soothing and peaceful. A pastel embrace . . . sweet dreams!

 2 LOTUS + BUDS  (top) 13"h x 16"w $543.40 - tax inclusive  A POCKETFUL OF TEARS (bottom) 18"h x22"w $1,793.22 - tax inclusive The two pastels pictured above are included with PSNM's  Signature Members' Show at the Los Lunas Museum of  Heritage and Arts . The exhibit will be on display till  September 24th. Please click here , to see a video of the show as well as  purchase information.

  RED HOPE SOLD - PRIVATE COLLECTOR With many thanks to Jezebel Gallery of Madrid, NM for the sale of Red Hope .  So fortunate for representation these days!

  A PATH * 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" pastel 8" square mat, glass + frame Private Collector Calling for the final sign-up of the 3-days workshop, The  Expressive Landscape in Pastel ,  at the New Mexico Art League in Albuquerque. Emphasis will be on compositions, rendering, complimentary colors while capturing the movement  of clouds. The class runs Friday, June 17th thru Sunday, June 19th  from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. More information by clicking here .  * This little pastel had gone onward to a new home quite some  time ago, however is still one of my favorites. 

  VIEW ATOP 9"h x 6"w pastel Sold - Private Collector So happy this Southwest Landscape went onto a good home! And I love seeing where my little ones travel to.  Thank you so much to all who have supported my art  throughout the years!

THE EXPRESSIVE LANDSCAPE IN PASTEL New Mexico Art League Friday, June 17 - Sunday, June 19th; 9:30am - 3:00pm  Progression on PASTELS +AFAR 1 6"h x 24"w pastel Sold - Private Collector Happy to announce that I'll be teaching The Expressive  Landscape in Pastel  at the New Mexico Art League ! The two in-studio and one in-field workshop will  cover rendering compositions with positive / negative  shapes and emphasis on complimentary colors. Please click onto New Mexico Art League for additional information. Class size is limited.  

 DEGREES OF LONELINESS - #1 10" x 10" round mixed media on wood This is the current central piece within the  collection of  Degrees  of Loneliness, which addresses  the fallacy that all elderly people are depressed and  lonely. The collection reflects landscapes and  skyscapes in various stages of sunsets to indicate  levels of depression. Statistics reveal that the  percentage of depressed are actually very minimal. #1 reflects an encroachment of sad emotions on the right side, yet the gold leaf underneath and  which grounds the shrubs, signifies the day is  bright and hopeful.         

 DEGREES OF LONELINESS mixed media on 7" wood circles + 11" wood circle hand-prints, acrylic, pencil + gold leaf Well I have returned to Albuquerque, but will be posting art created and shown in California during my residency  at the Desert Dairy Farm .  Above, Degrees of Loneliness, are wood circles  created in mixed mediums to portray the varied stages  of loneliness and depression. This is included within the project, Aging . . . a female's perspective, which  is still in development, but am happy to report  a great portion was created during the residency!  Degrees of Loneliness addresses the fallacy that all    elderly people are depressed and lonely. Some are,  but a large portion are not for no longer have the  restrictions of daily lives. Many travel, volunteer  or go onto second careers. I envision this display to grow in quantity with  additional circular scenes of darkened trees and  varied stages of sunsets.

Detail of Beauty is Skin Deep mixed media + gold leaf 16" round on wood panel  I'm back in California at the Desert Dairy Farm   on my second  residency. So inspirational while pushing my creativity as I'm  away from the daily life. And ever so grateful! So what have I been doing? Developing a project I begun some  time ago, which is the female perspective on aging. Pictured is a work in progress of Venus de Milo. Other art is being created  upon dresses which I am painting, sewing and stitching.  More will follow soon!  And below is a slice of the desert's life.

  four 7" x 7" pastel 10" x10" white mat, glass and frame Such great news!  The above abstract, four, was juried into Santa Fe's  gallery, Light Space Time 's 13th Online Abstracts Exhibition . And  many know abstracts are a departure from my usual representation  art. I had been playing around with this style to create a class on  abstracts, so had painted a few. Great honor to be juried into this  exhibit and I received special recognition! Submissions had to be nonobjective and nonrepresentational with  three divisions, photography & digital, 3 dimensional and painting  & other medium, which my piece was admitted into. The  gallery received 1,091 entries from 29 countries. The show will be  viewable throughout March, so please click onto  13th Online Abstracts Exhibition . to see a larger view of my piece.  On another note, I arrived a couple of days ago for my second  residency at the Twentynine Palms, Desert Dairy Farm. I'm  working on a sp

  one  7" x 7" pastel 10" square white mat, glass + white frame $175 + $15 shipping - tax inclusive Light  airy free fall  . . .  loose your emotions.

  two 6" x 6" pastel  10" square white mat, glass + frame $175 + $15 shipping Well, ashamed to say it's been so long.  Even though there has been silence I've been working away. I finally returned to in-person teaching! That was a trip,  but a welcomed venture. Almost forgot to how-to-do it.  And I've been working on different projects, techniques and styles.  Above, two , is one venture. Abstracts with a focus onto  harmony, balance and rhythm. Also mark making. Will be  premiering several the next few days. And I've been working on a huge project which really has really   consumed my time! I'll be traveling to my art residency again in  a week to the Desert Dairy Farm, where I'll be focusing on this project.  More to come and promise I won't be so silent!