Coming up in 2022

 I am so excited to have been invited to be the featured artist for the Lubbock Arts Festival in Lubbock Texas.  I was so shocked that they asked me.  The theme is red white and blue. I love to paint flags and patriotic themes.  If you are close to Lubbock in April drop by and say hello!

2021 Christmas

 

I only got 3 small paintings done this Christmas.  The joy Angel was sold.  I really love painting Christmas joy and the meaning of Christmas.  Thanks for all the support during 2021 and Happy New Year. 2021 had a lot of blessings and miracles.  I am  praying that 2022 will be a great year for us all.  

Nativity Snow Globe

Jingle Bells

Joy Angel

New paintings and sketches

 I am behind again so I am going to make one post ...with the new work. The people were painted with gouache.

Sunset Dance

I am still working on hands, and using acrylic paint.  I am not used to using acrylics so is hard for me to do detail. I do love brush strokes though. I don't get them with watercolor so much. 
The photo of this belongs to my cousin's son, and I loved it so much I wanted to try to paint it.
It has hands, as well as the couple that are so cool!
This is a large painting. 22'x30' and is on Strathmore 100 lb drawing paper.  I love the way it paints and stays flat. 

Dillman's Art Workshops in Wisconsin-June 2019

 I am so thrilled to be included in the 2019 calendar of workshops.  I will be teaching sketching/drawing and watercolor. The description is below.  I would love to have you come and join us in June 2019!  Go to Dillmans.com and click on workshops 2019 and click on any artist to see the description, dates, and prices.

 Description:
Using your photos, pen, ink, watercolor, gouache and/or casein in the comfort of the studio you will create wonderful memory books that you and your family will treasure forever. This workshop is great for those wanting to create a sketchbook habit, or those struggling with sketching and drawing. Especially beginner sketchers. Your sketchbook style will become like your handwriting, your own personal mark. Suzy believes anybody can draw with practice, just like learning to write



 

Being married to a farmer, living on the family farm in west Texas, Suzy has been painting for 30 years working in pastel, pencil, watercolor, gouache, acrylic and collage.  She didn’t attend schools that taught art. Learning on her own in her backyard studio has allowed her to teach what she loves and enjoys, in Texas, New Mexico, Italy and in 2020 Poland and Italy. Her favorite thing is keeping a daily sketchbook, and nostalgic and patriotic art. She has won numerous awards and teaches monthly watercolor classes, workshops using watercolor, collages and sketching. She has been in 3 of the North Light Incite mixed media books, as well as the Sketch Book Magazine when it was being published.
Christopher Cross, the singer, purchased one of her watercolor paintings to use on his Christmas album. She is signature members of SWS, AOT, SWA, NMWS, and WYWS. Affiliate member of AWS and NWS.
Artist Statement
It's only paint and paper, not a matter of life or death, just enjoy the journey wherever it may lead.
This is a Studio Only Workshop.
Beginner-Intermediate Levels.

Dillman's Art Workshop Retreat

I am thrilled that I will be teaching sketching/sketchbook workshop at Dillman's in June 2019. I have gotten their brochure for years, never dreaming I would be teaching there! It is in Lac Du Flambeau, Wisconsin.

Corn Collage

Another ag painting, for the Calendar I am doing.  The Corn got a little tedious, but was fun to do.
I used some painted paper in this one. Some colors are just hard to find.
This is 9x12 on stretched canvas.

Old International Pick Up

It has been hard to keep painting with having had foot surgery. It is harder to get around, but hopefully I can get back to daily painting. I have missed it.

New Mexico Watercolor Society

I just received word that two of my watercolors was accepted into the 2017 Watercolor Show.
Take a Seat and Veterans Day. They are both new paintings. The Saddle is watercolor with the leather detail done with brown ink.  I got this photo at a friends branding.  I got the old truck photo in Comfort, TX.

A Fun Weekend

This weekend I had a group of ladies come and create in my little studio. There were 7 fun ladies that were excited to learn something new! It is fun to gain new friends. 

Thanks Anna for getting them together and coming to Plains. 

Workshop in Cloudcroft NM

I have been in Cloudcroft NM For a week taking a watercolor class from Laurie Goldstein-Warren.

It was a great and fun class. I learned a lot I hope! I hope I can paint more cityscapes and glass when I get home. These are both Half sheets. 

July 4th drawings

Two new sketches for July 4th!  The Saddle shop in Post, TX and the little antique store in Comfort,TX.  The Saddle shop was painted with Casein paint,  drawn with brown ink.
The Antique shop drawn with platinum Carbon pen and black ink. then watercolor.

 

Family Heirloom

This is a small painting of a friends Mothers Saddle. 11x14.  

She was an awesome Cowgirl! Her entire life she dressed the part. 

She was such a neat lady. I didn't do it justice, but enjoyed painting it anyway.

Time for Work

Another Poured painting. Trying to get the leather to look like leather is fun with this technique.
I was happy with the turn out of this painting. It will be 22x28 framed.   I have had trouble naming it, and it may change at some point.

Out West

Another new cowboy boot.  This is 6x12 on stretched canvas.  I am still using magazine pages and tearing them up to form my image.
It is a little addictive and is hard on your thinking! Seeing all the colors and textures in the magazines.
If interested in any collage workshops let me know.

Santa Fe #14

Here is Day 14...

Nearly half way through! I am beginning to like the acrylics more. 

I am learning more about them.  I like the quick dry, and cover up!  and the bright colors.

This is 6x8 on gessobord.

Workshop with Linda Baker

 These are the colors we used this week in a workshop with Linda Baker.  We mixed up little containers and poured our paint.  It was a great week.  Cheap joes furnished our paint, which was really neat! I did a value study sketch first, then I enlarged the sketch. The Painting is 1/2 sheet, on arches watercolor paper.  We used a lot of Pebeo miskit.

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I'm Watching You!

This is 16x20 framed, painted in watercolor. 

When we were in Atlanta last July we went to the zoo and got some good photos.

Savannah the Cat

This is Savannah, one of my friend's cats. She dresses her up and she doesn't mind at all. She is so cute. They are painted on watercolor canvas with watercolor and gouache. 5x7

Savannah in her necklace and Savannah in Pink

Past Life

I could not think of a name for this painting.  For years I sewed every day, making all our clothes as well as sewing for the public.  One day, I stopped. The thought of sewing is not something I enjoy thinking about.  I found these old wooden spools that I still had and thought they might make a good set up.  The cloth under them is from a wedding gift...50 years ago. It is colorful cut-work that was on pillowcases.  Cut work is very time consuming and hard.  It takes hours and hours to hand stitch the designs.  This is 6x6 oil on gessobord.