SUSAN'S . . . PLAYING AGAIN!

ONE BLACK BIRDIE 10" x 10" mosaic on the wall . . .  who's the fairest of them all? Why bugs of course! Aren't little critters fun?

BALBOA PARK 11"h x 14"w pastel Today was another day of racing around. Even though I am out of breath, am delighted that I haven't been stumbling over my feet as usual. So what was I taking care of? .... running for an estimate to get my little truck repaired. Happy to say, it's getting closer to the shop! So after trudging along this evening with some petites , decided I was loosing steam and better give it a rest. There is always tomorrow, huh? With that said, I'm posting a painting that is in Tirage Gallery's hands, but still can be appreciated. The image is of Balboa Park, which in an earlier posting I wrote that this Park system houses a large number of the City's museums. This is a view across the lily pond as one looks towards the Visitor Center. A wonderful place to spend a day!

PRICKLY HILLSIDE 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" pastel 8" archival white matte, glass + petite gold leaf frame $150 + $15 insured, priority shipping I'm still rambling around in my mind at Catalina. Maybe because San Diego has had several overcast days, which is so similar to the Island's drizzly atmosphere? Nevertheless the one day I was trudging and dragging all my art equipment along, I spied a wild growth of prickly pears while searching for those pesky patches of wildflowers. A thing of beauty on a small hillside and backdropped by colorful clouds. And as so many things in life, if one gets too close to a thing of beauty you could be pricked by tiny thorns. Hey, this could be a good metaphor relating to life! Beware...

SOLD - PRIVATE COLLECTOR Even though it has been a few days since posting, I have been busy painting away. (Ah-ha - caught me! Guess I haven't been tripping over my feet continually, huh?) I just completed this piece and after framing will be on it's way to Tirage Gallery. Balboa Facade is 10" x 8" and on a La Carte Pastel base, which is excellent in holding my successive layering of unblended pastels. The painting is a depiction of an entryway near the Visitors Center at San Diego's Balboa Park ( http://www.balboapark.org/ ). The Park houses the majority of the City's museums and dates back to 1868. If you visit, this is a must-see attraction.

PINK DOOR 4"h x 6"w With the sun out and the sky bright in San Diego, I can not help but reminisce a bit of New Mexico. I had lived there prior to moving to San Diego and my two children still reside (okey, they aren't kids any longer, but I still think of them in those terms!). The skies are so blue and seems to travel upwards forever. Makes me feel so small, yet full of life. One of my favorite places to visit was the Taos Pueblo. I would wander around, stare at the colors and loose the time of day. The Pueblo is such an enrichment of colors, culture, landscape and food.