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Do you share qualities of your art collection?

"Contains Milk" Collage on paper 10" x 8"

Are you fun, interesting, engaging and socially aware? Then you’re probably a collector of Art by Susie Stockholm!

I’ve noticed over the years that my collectors are mirrors of the art they buy.

My collectors like to have fun.
My collectors are also interesting and often do the unexpected.
My collectors and I have amazing conversations where we discuss early-life escapades, special family traditions, spiritual journeys and bucket lists.

There is one final quality that really surrounds all of these: My collectors are showing their love for humanity in some way – as a steward of the planet, as an attentive friend, colleague, parent, sibling or grandparent, or as a respectful citizen of the world.

If this sounds like you, I would love to know you. Please click here to contact me.

PAINTING AS A PERFORMING ART?

by Donna Varner www.dvgallery.us

Think art appreciation is a passive pursuit?
Think January is pure drudgery?
Think all galleries are the same?
Well, think again! Come to ArtLofts for hot mid-winter Wednesdays.

Get ready for your senses to be stirred as Susie Stockholm “paints live.” Susie will start with a blank canvas, 4 to 5 colors of acrylic paint, various sized brushes, and a healthy dose of high-energy music. In the course of an hour you’ll see a painting conceived, created and completed before your eyes. Dance, sing, move, or just enjoy.

It’s FREE and it’s ONLY at ArtLofts Wednesdays, 11 to noon.
Doors open at 10:45 am
ArtLofts, 208-B Carteret St, Beaufort SC

Live Painting – Practice Session

#1 from Live Painting Practice - "Cherokee Fire" - to see these bigger, double click on the painting, then double click again.

At my studio, we’ve been talking about doing live painting. Not just 15-minute demos, but the real thing – creating an entire painting in a short period while lots of people are watching.

Of course I want to do this, and am twitching to get going. So, last night I practiced. What fun! The time flew by – all one and half hours of it! Totally cut into my martini time :>) This is a truly exhilarating experience. If you’re the type of person who has to move when you listen to music, then this is for you! My feet were goin’, my arms and hands were having a wonderful time, and I was completely alive. Then I reverted to the mundane and fixed dinner- ha!

Read on to see how I did it: (yes, I promise to do a YouTube video soon, but not today)

#2 from Live Painting Practice - "The Beauty of Impermanence"

Turned on “Straight No Chaser” album, loud.
Using acrylics, I squirted 5 colors, each on a different paper plate.
Then I grabbed brushes that ranged from very large (the house painting variety) to 1″. Also used some painting knives of various shapes; and of course, the trusty cut-up credit cards for texture.
#3 from Live Painting Practice - "Lovin' The Music"

My canvases were 8″ x 24″, 12″ x 24″, and 12″ x 12″. If I’d had bigger ones I would have gone to the garage and slung the paint around with much abandon.
Took the biggest brush and the boldest color (red) and moved to the music as I applied the paint.
Then I took another brush and another color and did the same thing.

Pretty soon there was a rhythm, the canvas was covered in thick paint of varying colors.
Then I went on to the next canvas, and then the next.

The final canvas was interesting because it was really an afterthought. I was excited by my first three paintings, but couldn’t bring myself to throw out the leftover paint; hence #4 “Mixing it Up!”

There are always additional things to be done to a painting, but wow, what a great start on 4 paintings!

#4 from Live Painting Practice - "Mixing it Up"

You’re Invited to Susie’s Party

Susie’s Holiday Art PARTY – Tuesday Dec. 13th – 1 to 4 pm at ArtLofts
Light Lunch and Libation (wine) provided by the amazing Wren Bistro.
$45 includes everything.

Laugh your way through the creation of your own holiday greeting and gift cards.

No art experience or talent required. This is a very fun afternoon to spend with your friends. Register here: http://liten.be//mSMAB

If you want a special “Art Party” in your home for just you and your friends, I will be happy to do that in Hilton Head, Bluffton, Sun City or Beaufort SC. Small collages are fun to make with papers, ink, textures, ribbon and imagination.

Susie