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:

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.  

 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!

 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.         

  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, De...

  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!

  VIEW ATOP  6"h x 9"w pastel  11"h x 14"w black frame, white mat, glass Sold - Private Collector Chilly yet a sunny day . . . so reminiscent of my time spent at the Petrified Forest National Park during a past residency. Views were breathe taking. And the colors were as crisp as the air!

A POCKET OF CORAL 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" pastel 8" square archival white matte, glass + gold leaf frame The day came to an end. Down the sun dropped below the Forest's horizon. Away went the blue skies while the clouds were heavy. And nestled amongst all was a patch of coral.

RED + BLAZING 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" pastel mat, glass + black frame $150 + $15 shipping ( tax inclusive)   Just revisited this petite, blazing pastel when Patrician Design sent out a mailer.  Love the heat! 

 ORANGE SLANT  24" x 24" pastel with handmade burnt wood frame Sold - Private Collector And the same collector whom purchased  Passing Red ,  purchased this and 3 others.  Surely gives credence to the hard work of an artist! Humbled  . . . and thankful.

  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?

 JUST A HOUSE 7" x 7" pastel 10" x 10" mat, glass + black frame  $225 + $20 shipping - tax inclusive A new year, a new hope and safe days ahead! May a white cloud of hope hang over your home.

 FALL + FLOW 18" x 18" pastel  $1300 + $35 shipping - tax inclusive   This piece is was juried into Pastel Society of New Mexico's  28th National Pastel Exhibition and on a virtual exhibit thru  December 31st. But what is most exciting is that there was created  a virtual exhibit viewing so it feels like one is actually walking  through a gallery setting!  You can click here to see.

  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!