visual story
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chihuahua book hat
Here is number 3, in my new series of related artworks, titled “The Read Hat”. For this one I focused on memory and awareness; the image of a book symbolizes a collection of information, the ancient Greek text represents the beginnings of human philosophical thought… and yes, I also thought of magicians and the hat…
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chihuahua book wagon
Like the first piece in my new series of 3 artworks, my second piece has also been inspired by dots, evening book reading, chihuahua’s and the colors I’ve seen in my local landscape. My newest piece is titled “The Read Wagon”. It, too, is made with my hand dyed, handmade papers, hand stenciled papers, found…
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chihuahua book balloon
I’ve been thinking of dot patterns, dogs, books and how I enjoy wearing my pajamas and reading before bed in the evening. I’ve been thinking of how books sometimes seem to appear in our lives as if dropped from the sky – and how we release them back when we’re done reading them. Oh, and…
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sketchbook pages
Some of my favorite quotes about art – and some dog drawings – in my sketchbook.
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Soapy Smooth art
Just finished a new piece for an upcoming exhibit! It’s 6 x 6 x 2 inches, made with handmade paper collage. This artwork was inspired by patterns on fruit, carrots, rabbits and live saxophone music. You can see me working on the handmade paper from inspiration to stencil creation to new paper on this post…
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art inspired by books
Here is the just finished artwork based on the drawing I’d talked about in this post as being inspired by a book about a novelist. As a result of my reading I’ve been thinking about novels and how they describe our world, how writers bravely charge through the alphabet forests in search of the best…
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finished new art
Finished a new artwork that I’ve titled “Banjo Time”. It is 18 x 24 x 2 inches and made with my hand dyed handmade papers. Eventually this artwork as well as others will be in an exhibit arranged by Caplan Art Designs www.caplanartdesigns.com later this year. But for those who may wonder “how Sue gets…
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