SUSAN'S . . . PLAYING AGAIN!

A Mist + Clouds SOLD  So fortunate for had a few sales, that I'll be posting  this week. So honored when someone loves a piece  I had created and it goes to a lovely home.  A Mist + Clouds has  always been one of my favorites,  and off it went! And so appropriate too, for the  past couple days it's been raining with misty skies.  Thank you!

 Fallen Chamisa  -  Sunset + the Ridge  -  Overgrown Beauty $600                       $850                        $600 My three pastels above are included within the Pastel Society  of New Mexico's Signature Show and on exhibit at the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos.   The show opened March 25th and runs through April 16, with an artists reception on Saturday, April 1st from  3 - 5pm. Unfortunately I'll be at an art residency at the Mission Street Arts in the Jemez, so unable to attend. If  you're able to attend, the Museum is located at  1504 Millicent Rogers Rd, Taos, NM . I saw the work as I dropped of mine and it's a wonderful show!  To purchase or see a catalog of the show click here.

 Green + Orange Bushes     Blue + Orange Study             Sanded paper           Canson drawing paper    I always end up working with different techniques  and styles when teaching.  Not that I don't use  mark-making, but tend to get into a 'groove' with  using the same execution. So now I'm doing Southwest landscapes utilizing  complimentary colors and marks. Green + Orange  Bushe s is a completed and framed pastel, whereas  Blue  + Orange  Study is created on drawing paper for  an example to my upcoming class on Friday. Just so much fun!

SUNSET + RIDGE 12" x 12" soft pastel Above, Sunset + Ridge , shows the finished soft pastel on  the left and the beginning sketch on the right. Of course  there's many interim layers that have been applied, but  for brevity, I'll just show you the beginning and the end. I just love the sculptural process with building and layering  soft pastels!  

 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.

 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!

  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!

  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!

 RED SPIRES 6" x 6" acrylic on canvas Trekking along a dusty road . . . on a pleasant morning.  Red and orange spires jut up . . . reaching to the sky. Colors and brightness . . .  elevates my moods!

  DESCENDING PURPLES 6" x 6" pastel  10" square white mat, glass + black frame $175 + $20 shipping - sales tax inclusive Cold is coming and perhaps some rain and snow.  Descending Purples depicts the feeling abound.  Where is summer?

   A hop, skip, jump away till I go to my residency at the Desert Dairy Farm ! So close, yet still a ways away.      I created a project for this very residency, which a slice of the maquette (model) is illustrated and to the right here. This will be a 3-sided public art sculpture that will top nearly seven feet at completion. It will be fabricated out of wood and installed on the grounds at the Desert Dairy Farm during the mid-February residency.    I've also started a Kickstarter project to enable the sculpture to come to fruition. This is an international platform that aids artists in budgeting projects. And I'm pleased to report in two weeks time the project is 86% funded, yet this is an all or none fund, i.e. all the budget has to be collected or the project is struck down. If any monies are collected above the budget amount, I will be donating at 100% to the Desert Dairy Farm to aid future residents.  Please read a detail description ...

  DOWNPOUR + DARK  12" x 12" image Sold - Private Collector This past year has been so unimaginable. A year of darkness and electrifying in so many ways. And now thankfully it's coming to an end. I have been so busy but do have high hopes for the new year with exciting news to come shortly! Ho, ho, ho!

 WHITE + BLUE BACKDROP 8" x 8" pastel on sand paper 12" square mat, glass and black frame $275 + $15 shipping - tax inclusive After the rain and the skies cleared the colors appeared . . .  white and blue to lighten one's mood.  And comes the anticipation of a brighter day!

PINKS + PURPLES  5" x 5" pastel 8" square black mat, glass + black frame $155 - Tax and shipping inclusive   This was refreshing to work with purple and pink, since most of my art gravitates towards blue tones.  It is a somber look though.

  ROLLING BYE 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" pastel white mat, glass + black frame $155 - tax and shipping inclusive  This is another petite pastel that I created to showcase during my  recent class on pastel washes.  Just so much movement!  One can almost feel the clouds passing.

VIEWED RIDGELINE 8"x 8" pastel on paper This is the companion piece to Pastels + Afar,  which already went onward to a very nice home.  Struck me that these studies with a focus on distance, really conveys a sense of isolation. Funny the subliminal  thoughts that run around one's brain huh?  Both are a precursor to a much larger piece I'll be posting  very soon. Remain well and safe!

A POCKET OF TEARS 16" x 20" pastel After a month of social distancing, I woke up  this morning to a rainstorm.  The sky is crying!

PASTELS + AFAR 8" x 8" pastel + paper collage SOLD Definitely the world is in an unprecedented and scary  place. This new art, PASTELS + AFAR, I believe is an  excellent portrayal on what we all are experiencing  during social isolation.   Below are three stages to create this piece. Also there is  collaged paper scraps to the foreground mountains. An  experimental execution I'm playing with.

Please to announce that I have two pastels included  within Randy Higbee Gallery's 10th Annual  6" Squared Exhibition  and Sale .   Opening is Saturday, December 7th from 6 to 9pm at 102 Kalmus Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.  Randy's openings are grand affairs, so I encourage anyone in the vicinity to attend. Unfortunately I  can not this year but will be there in spirit and  artwork.  And there are 533 oils and 75 pastels and watercolors, so pleased I am 2 of the 75! Work may be viewed and purchased online so click on: www.DailyBrushwork.com

A SLANTED DAY 18"h x 10"w glass, burnt pallet frame   A SLANTED DAY is one of the pastels including  within the Oasis Exhibit, on view till April 26th. The view is a slice of the Taos Pueblo. The paintings range from Southwest landscapes and  skies to sunflower still lifes.  Please click here for additional information and viewing times.