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A painting a day by Suzanne McDermott

Added on: Oct 25th, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Suzanne McDermott
Listed in: Arts Visual Arts
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Recent Posts

Before the Frost

Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 19:41 in 5 x 7

Before the Frostwatercolor on Indian Village, 5"x 7"matted and backed to 8"x 10"This describes the feel of my yard and garden yesterday as it exploded in its final fall glory. Alas, it's December now and fitting that it brought the first frost and t...
Edge

Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 18:58 in 5 x 7

Edgewatercolor on Fabriano, 5"x 7"matted and backed to 8"x 10"I've spent a solid week writing an Annual Report complete with budget analyses and projections. I feel like I deserve a medal but I have to settle for a job well done. It's tough to put ...
La mémoire de la réflexion

Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 22:04 in 5 x 7

La mémoire de la réflexionwatercolor on Fabriano, 5"x 7"matted and backed to 8"x 10"This title is far better in French than in English. Maybe because it's such a Cocteau-like phrase... or Proust, for that matter.Anyway, the weather here has been p...
Evaporation

Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 20:41 in indian village, 5 x 7

Evaporationwatercolor, 5"x 7"This painting gave me the feeling of all vapors being sucked up into the atmosphere. It reminds me of paintings I made in August of 2008 like Auvergne, Near Baden, 1904 and Drained.I like humidity, in relative moderation...
Rain Fall

Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 21:15 in 5 x 7

Rain Fallwatercolor, 5 x 7Richard Diebenkorn once pointed out that the venetian blinds in his studio influenced an entire later series of his work. I can say the same for my back yard which serves as an influence to more than just paintings. If yo...
Satisfied Setting

Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 21:21 in 5 x 7

Satisfied SettingWatercolor Crayon, 5" x 7"Wow, that's a lot of yellow! Well, the sun was going down on a beautiful day and I was filled with the good feeling of a job well done. I grabbed the watercolor crayons and went for it. Voila. I'll have ...