grace, faith, hope and glory

I have to be honest! this one was done while staying with my sister last year.

I have to dig through to my studio (aka, daughter's room) this weekend!

Cheers,

Susan

3 cows and Grandfather

this is a redo of a painting for 87 Ruffin st gallery; the colors have been deepened. Grandfather Mountain profile is in the background.

Cheers,

susan

daisy cow

Have you noticed that I reformated my page? All those dots that seemed fun at first were becoming upsetting to my stomach.

Anyhow, this is "Rosy" (May 10) redone....you can see just a bit of the "rosy" in the foreground.

Cheers, and happy travels today, Michelle!

razzle dazzle

Here's a little razzle dazzle with silk, homemade paper, flax and dragonflies.

Cheers!

Susan

altered book

I know this is not very exciting, but I thought I would share stage I of my altered book. It occured to me that I should've taken a picture of it before I even started, but I didn't think of it in time, so here it is, very stage I.

I will be posting more as this book develops! (there is the exciting tallking dog page at the end of the book, which caused me to almost cut off my thumb).

I also intended to post my 2nd painting on Ebay last night, but thought I needed the day off. So I will get around to it~ soon!

I guess you don't say Happy Memorial Day....but rather, Thanks and Remembrance Day......thanks, dad.

and, love.

pup

Here's a little pup, mixed media, in a sweet oval frame.

Cheers!

Susan

O what a beautiful day

This is a redo; my friend Rebecca convinced me this fun painting was worth salvaging; I deepened some of the "sherbert" colors and do like it much better.

Cheers!

Susan

why not

why not?

why not!

cheers,

Susan

butterfly cow

here's another dancing butterfly cow....

I'm off to celebrate a late mother's day with my daughter!

cheers,

Susan

soul

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Susan

into the light

one more boat!

This one using another piece of hand dyed silk, some marbled and dyed papers, and an Aussie stamp.

Cheers!

Susan

parrot ship

another square of silk, another bird stamp; voila!

cheers,

Susan

sail away

I was playing around with a squared of dyed silk, so pretty just on it's own, I thought. And I love the little holes in the fabric where it had been sewn, and the loose thread. I put a piece of green paper on it and loved that color contrast...somehow it all became a boat, with little "thought circles"....nice energy......it's time to sail away.

Cheers,

Susan

bookmark

yes, this is me!

Cheers,

Susan

le cirque, part deux

Did you notice this guy's feet falling out of Le Cirque?

Well, here is the rest of him, falling into his own space.

Cheers!

Susan

Beginnings~ on Ebay!

To celebrate 50 daily painting posts, I've put my very first daily, "Beginnings" , on Ebay! Even better, the starting bid is $7.99! You can check it out by going to Ebay and doing a search for "orginal art by Susan B Marlowe"!

I thought I would research Ebay (and I did try) but that doesn't seem to be my style, so I just jumped in. Probably lots of lessons to be learned.

Lots of love,

Susan

Le Cirque

somehow this amuses me!

Cheers,
susan

the secret world of cows, part deux

more silliness!

this weekend I took a workshop on making "altered books" with Dottie McHugh, which I'm very excited about; however, I came close to cutting off my thumb with an exacto knife. So I wasn't able to complete my usual mother's day annual flower planting. yesterday...but did make use of the rainy cool day to paint. Anyhow! stay tuned and I'll start posting different stages of the book (don't worry, I washed off the blood)

Cheers!

Susan

happy mothers day

happy mothers day, mom!

thanks for all the warm, fuzzy memories and the wonder of wonders~unconditional love.

all my love,

susie

rosy

cheers,
susan

the whole picture

Yes, I know; I skipped another day!

But here you have the whole picture (the detail was a separate painting, last post). This one includes the dog and big sis...little sis being still a gleam in dad's eye.

Cheers,

Susan

mom and me

Here is an early mother's day card....the first of three....the technique: a photo transfer over piano music, then painted and collaged.

What I think is hilarious is my expression; not too happy about that home Toni perm, and about having to wear a dress!

But mom looks, as always.....gorgeous!

Cheers,

Susan

flight

Hello, dear readers...yes, I skipped yesterday! I needed a day off, and the weekend was too pretty to be inside painting.

Here is the last one I've done in the birdhouse series.
Cheers,
Susan

pink lady

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Susan

True Blue

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Susan

dancing with the stars

Hi, this one is a redo.

Cheers!

Susan

the secret world

Here is another small glimpse into the secret world of cows.

cheers,

Susan