I got a new phone and this is a test post. I use facebook mainly now and have neglected my blog.
Here are photos from my repurposed Somerset Studio 2007 day calender. In these pages I've experimented with adding alcohol inks and distress inks to white paint and glossy polymer medium (basically paint without color. I loved the effect of the alcohol inks and white paint. The colors are gorgeous!
Im going tobpost now and see if this works! Thank you for visiting!!
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Can I blog from my phone
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Trenton Artworks 10x10 Benefit Art Exhibit
Trenton Artworks
is having a fundraiser!
It's the 10x10 Red Dot Sale!
From the website:
Over 100 Trenton area artists created artworks on 10″ x 10″ canvas. The work is dynamic, diverse and all created especially for Artworks. Professional, teacher and student artists created works in oil, acrylic, mixed media, photography, pastel, watercolor and more.
Each artwork sells for $100 with the funds raised going to support Artworks.
It is a chance for the novice to test the waters of the world of original art and an opportunity for the collector to build their art collection."
I am an excited to be a
first time participant!
I won't be able
to attend the opening reception
because I'll be in Maryland
celebrating my
Special Birthday
(OMG GULP)
but I will visit the
show once I get home.
Who wants to go with me?
Here is the process behind
my piece.
First, came the
brainstorming drawing:
I used
various stencils
on the canvas
while drinking wine and
listening to jazz.
That is always
a perfect recipe
for creating!!
Next the focal point,
a non gender head
full of healthy words,
ideas and self talk!!
Fooling around with
tissue embellishments:
Considering a torn tissue
heart and crayon higlights
came next.
I decided against
such a literal message.
The title of this collage is
"The Greatest of These is Love".
You know, out of all the
positive attitudes and emotions
rolling around in our heads,
the greatest of these is,
um, well, love.
Feel me?
I knew that you could.
I'm not feeling the
traditional heart shape for this
and the anatomical was too harsh.
So I let that go.
I love words. I use words
in my art prolifically, so
I went with the word.
Torn tissue added to background.
And a gratuitous close up,
cuz that's how I roll.
teehee.
I decided to add a piece
of vellum to
the bottom half of the figure
to give it some color.
I finished the piece with
glossy gel medium, but
I covered the vellum piece
with matte gel. It gives the
piece very nice contrast.
IMHO.
LOL
Letters on tissue
over ekg paper.
The eye and the
background dots technique
get revealed on
my next post.
And Here it is Finished!
Hope you enjoyed
seeing my process!
Please support
The Trenton Artworks!
Thanks for visiting!!
xoS
Friday, November 9, 2012
A Good Time Was Had By All
It's true!
The artist reception at
was a Good Time!
I'm so honored I was
asked to participate!
There was a great crowd!
The show was well supported
by the gallery partners!
These first two pics
are from hanging day.
I learned a lot that day!
I love the reds in
Tracy's art!
I used my grandmothers
picnic basket to display
prints of my ATC's.
Some got chuckles...
and some went over like
a fart in church.
LOL
Art is in the eye of
the beholder.
And sometimes that eye is
open to twisted humor,
and sometimes it's only
open to classical fine art.
And that's A OK.
I was asked questions about my art which was really fun.
I met some wonderful new people
and was grateful to be
supported by my family
and local friends,
Denise, Donna, Ellen,
Chris, Debbie and Bill,
and by my Art Sisters,
Your support made my night!!
Thank you so much!
Below are two
equally amazing pieces
Above and below the mantel:
Tracy's Snake Charmer
and Kathy's mosaic altar.
My picture does not do
either justice! I am
looking forward to seeing
pics taken by Tracy's sister.
My cell phone pics are lame!!
My lovely sparkly scarf,
an early Birthday present
from my sister, Linda!
More Gorgeous
Mosaic clayworks from
I always get a pic
of the food table!!
This is a side room off the gallery, with more original art
and prints and cards
sold by the gallery partners.
These are my two walls
with titles and price tags.
Principle Architect sold!
My two helpers
and biggest supporters!
Samantha and Jeremy!!
Thank you to
Home Fine Art Gallery
and the gracious partners,
special thanks to
for giving me this
incredible,
dream come true experience!
Thank you to Kathy Casper
for your support
and for baking outrageous vegan
mexican chocolate cookies!
Thank you to my friends
and family and the browsers
and buyers!
For anyone who missed
the reception,
the show will hang
until November 30.
Please visit and do some
holiday shopping!
Buy Local!
For anyone who missed
the reception,
the show will hang
until November 30.
Please visit and do some
holiday shopping!
Buy Local!
Buy Handmade!
Support the Arts!
Thanks for visiting!
xoS
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Artist Bio
Here is the artist bio I've come up with the help of my bff Grace. I'll need to have these as hand outs for the show!
Susan Sager Brown began life as an Air Force “brat” and has
lived across the United States,
putting down roots in southern New Jersey
as a teenager when The Colonel retired. A Licensed Optician by trade, Susan has
long been involved in the arts, beginning with the traditional quilts sewn by
her grandmother and mother. Although a passion for needle and thread did not
carry down through the generations, the hoarding habit did. Unlike her mother and
grandmother though, Susan hoards paper, not fabric.
A self-taught artist, Susan has been fortunate to have spent
workshop time with Misty Mawn, Michelle Ward, Lynn Perrella, Albie Smith, Traci
Bautista, Fred B. Mullett, Anne Grgich, Jodi Ohl and Seth Apter. Her mediums range from wools and knitting
needles to acrylic paint, gel mediums, and vintage as well as her own handmade papers.
The flattened thirds and swinging
eights of the quintessential American art form, the Blues, play a significant
influence on Susan’s work. Her art consists of multi-textural compositions that
tell of love and pain, heartache and triumph, but always show you a good
time. Susan hoards words and phrases as
well as paper, and vintage text capturing an emotional moment in time can be
seen often in her work.
Susan is a resident of Mount Laurel along with her cat Buddy
Guy and her daughter, a college freshman, who is on the way to finding her own passion
to hoard.
I'm so excited!
thanks for sharing this
amazing experience with me!
amazing experience with me!
xoS
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Home Fine Art Gallery Show
How Exciting is this!!!
Please join me Saturday night
November 3, 2012
from 6-8pm at:
I'm so grateful for the opportunity
to be in this show.
Take a look at the
Incredible Talent of
who was kind enough to invite
me to have some space in her show!
We are joined by
and her delightful clayworks.
I am beyond excited.
The art will hang from
November 1-30.
I hope to see you there
at the artist reception!
Thanks for visiting!
xoS
Sunday, July 8, 2012
I gotta new 'do.
And I've been having a good time
in the studio.
First I re-worked an older canvas.
This is how far I got with this canvas originally.
It hung on the wall
It hung on the wall
basically ignored for over a year.
I didn't consider it finished
but I wasn't inspired to
pull it all together.
Unil now!
Here is the finished piece:
I added oil pastels,
more drips, stabilo pencil,
collage papers
and laid a thin glossy layer
of polymer medium on top.
I'm calling it done!
I was on a roll!
On the easel is yet another
canvas,
"Can a man love two women"
that I'm reworking.
This one started out as a black and white collage.
(let me just mention here that I am so over this subject. I am in a healthy place right now getting healthier all the time. I don't care if men can do that.
I'm not interested.
oh and the answer to the question is no.
A man with two women can only love
one person-himself.)
The technique I began here was
cover a canvas with collage,
paint over it,
become an archeologist and go
back into the layers to reveal the images using q-tips and alcohol.
I also sprayed alcohol on and
scrubbed with a sponge.
I also ended up doing some sanding.
This painting sat for a long time
until inspiration hit.
I wanted to use the blocking
method and create a bunch of
little focal points inside
of the big canvas.
Here are a bunch of
gratuitous close-ups:
What I learned is when
you are doing a block
pattern, you need to use a
damn ruler so the lines are straight.
Here is the final canvas,
I still have to pour some polymer gloss on it:
What is that saying,
"The whole is greater than
the sum of its parts"-
Aristotle.
Well, in this case,
I like the parts alot
more than the whole!!
So take my advice,
when doing a grid pattern,
use a damn ruler!!
Thanks for visiting!
xoS
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