Papaver
Original oil painting 14x11"
by Susan Roux
As the last of our snow melted this week, I found myself painting reminders of my garden from last summer. This lovely poppy was a new addition and I'm wondering if it survived the winter. I was so attracted to the delicateness of it's petals. They're thin and floppy much like fine transparent rice paper. It was fun trying to capture that quality with paint. I wonder if the name papaver has to do with paper? It seemed the appropriate title for this showy, dainty blossom.
As you well know, I'm in the process of opening an international fine art gallery. It's been consuming most of my time and the prime reason why my posts here are so far apart. Don't worry though, I'm still painting.
I'm so happy to announce that the gallery will have a teaching room. My classes will move from my home studio to Portland. I'm really excited about that component. Not only will it give me the opportunity to continue inspiring lots of people to paint, it offers a space to conduct workshops. My plan is to have some of my represented artists travel here to Maine and teach directly in the gallery. How fun and a wonderful opportunity for you!
Until everything is set in stone I don't want to formally announce our intended workshops just yet, but keep your calendars open for late summer, early fall. If you're curious to know right away who's tentatively coming and when, you can contact me personally. As soon as everything is definite, I'll let you know.
One of the great things about teaching at the gallery is all the wonderful art that will serve as examples of the concepts being taught. Often at home, I pull out my own work to help explain things. Now there will be a whole range of works from many different amazing artists to refer to. I think it will elevate the teaching component and offer such inspiring stimulation for all the students. It will do everyone good to be experiencing diverse works of quality art, including myself. When the bar is set high, people tend to strive for higher achievements. It will be an honor to teach in such surroundings.
Please stay tuned for future announcements of upcoming workshops. There'll be lots of exciting news in the near future!
Keep painting everyone. It's wonderful for the soul...
lovely susan! and good luck with your venture, it sounds amazing and i know it will be!
ReplyDeleteHi, I'm Lilian from the Netherlands and France. I love your work and I like to follow you again. Two years ago you followed me on Parels in het Paradijs. It's not possible to work with that blog anymore. Therefore I started a new one. Greetings and hope to see you again. Bye Lilian
ReplyDeleteLove how the soft abstracted background really focuses attention on the delicate blossom! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful painting Susan! I also especially love your "Water Yoga", absolutely gorgeous! It's lovely visiting your blog again since we last spoke in January 2010!
ReplyDeleteMa chère sister qui vit à 100km/heure !
ReplyDeleteIl te faut en prendre du pavot pour mener de front cette belle entreprise ! sourire !
J'aime la légèreté, la candeur, la volupté et l'arrogance des nuances rouge de ce pavot ou coquelicot. Il me tarde de la voir fleurir tels des provocateurs dans les fossés.
J'aime beaucoup le contraste que le tien provoque avec le fond.
Belle peinture et gros bisous
Nice work Susan. There is a gal in Jacksonville who runs a gallery- workshop combination which sounds similar to what you are planning. I think she probably makes most of her money off workshops. I hope it works out for you.
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Linda
This is so lovely. The simplicity, pure color and close view all make me smile. Kudos!
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