{"id":2858,"date":"2016-07-15T21:14:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T04:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2016-11-12T23:11:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T07:11:05","slug":"summer-vacation-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/2016\/07\/15\/summer-vacation-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Vacation is Over!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2874\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Night-Music-Nostalgia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2874\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2874\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Night-Music-Nostalgia-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Night Music Nostalgia&quot;, photo collage, iPad Art, iPhoneography\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Night-Music-Nostalgia-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Night-Music-Nostalgia-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Night-Music-Nostalgia-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Night-Music-Nostalgia-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Night-Music-Nostalgia-624x780.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Night Music Nostalgia&#8221;, photo collage, iPad Art, iPhoneography<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sept-Oct classes, new artwork and news! \u00a0Hi everyone! Hope you had a wonderful summer. Mine was\u00a0filled with naps!<\/p>\n<p>First let me announce two new classes for September-October:<br \/>\n6 weeks: MONDAYS\u00a0<strong>10 am to noon starting September 12th<\/strong> &#8211; this coming Monday!<br \/>\n5 weeks: WEDNESDAYS\u00a0<strong>6:30 pm to 8:30 pm starting September 21st\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nDetails are on my <a href=\"http:\/\/ipadartsocal.com\">iPadArtSoCal <\/a>website and there&#8217;s a contact form if you&#8217;re interested. First class is free, so come and explore.<\/p>\n<p>Many of you like to hear what I&#8217;ve been up to, so here you go! Lots of photos in this one.<\/p>\n<p>April ended with a car accident &#8211; car got rear-ended by a jet-lagged bimbo and pushed into a fire hydrant. Still hurting but am mobile and feeling a bit more like myself. Sleep is a challenge with the pain. But I&#8217;m ever hopeful. I did manage to create a photo collage from pictures of my totaled car and the 30 ft. high water burst from the hydrant.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2791\" style=\"width: 172px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WaterSigns-by-Accident-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2791\" class=\" wp-image-2791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WaterSigns-by-Accident-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Water Signs - by Accident&quot; - Aftermath Of Collision With Fire Hydrant, printed on brushed aluminum, various sizes 5 x 7&quot;, 8 x 10&quot; and larger.\" width=\"162\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WaterSigns-by-Accident-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WaterSigns-by-Accident-1-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WaterSigns-by-Accident-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WaterSigns-by-Accident-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WaterSigns-by-Accident-1-624x780.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Water Signs &#8211; by Accident&#8221; &#8211; Aftermath Of Collision With Fire Hydrant, printed on brushed aluminum, various sizes 5 x 7&#8243;, 8 x 10&#8243; and larger.t.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to those of you who contributed on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/susiestockholm\">GoFundMe\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0page. It helped so much as I wasn&#8217;t able to participate in any shows, teach or market my work. I was in high momentum prior &#8211; feeling so good\u00a0&#8211; then it literally screeched to a halt \u00a0(pun intended). I&#8217;ve included the link not to solicit, but to let you know\u00a0what a terrific site it is for raising money for things that are important to you.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out, though, that Summer was a happy time for\u00a0sales of original paintings, collages and prints &#8211; with many of you finally getting that artwork you&#8217;d had your eye on for a while.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2873\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NightMusic_Sunrise-Web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2873\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2873\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NightMusic_Sunrise-Web-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Night Music Sunrise&quot; - printed on brushed aluminum, photo collage 40 x 30&quot;\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NightMusic_Sunrise-Web-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NightMusic_Sunrise-Web-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NightMusic_Sunrise-Web-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NightMusic_Sunrise-Web-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NightMusic_Sunrise-Web-624x883.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Night Music Sunrise&#8221; &#8211; printed on brushed aluminum, photo collage 40 x 30&#8243;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The biggest print went to a recording studio &#8211; &#8220;Night Music Sunrise&#8221;. A glorious 40 x 30&#8243; photo collage on brushed aluminum! Hoping to see some photos of it soon.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve really enjoyed creating the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/gallery\/guitar-series\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Night Music<\/strong><\/em> series<\/a>. I love guitars, even though I&#8217;m not any good at playing my Celebrity Ovation. The look of them is so sensuous and the sound is so beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Before the accident, I took some photos at Guitar Center. They said I could come back and shoot the really expensive ones that were locked up. I&#8217;m hoping to get back there soon. My eldest grandson suggested photos of a maple bodied acoustic from a front\/side diagonal view would be cool, as well as the Gibson Firebird.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2872\" style=\"width: 161px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Isnt-He-Something_Gene.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2872\" class=\" wp-image-2872\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Isnt-He-Something_Gene-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Isn't He Something\" width=\"151\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Isnt-He-Something_Gene-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Isnt-He-Something_Gene-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Isnt-He-Something_Gene-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Isnt-He-Something_Gene-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Created for my son-in-law for his birthday &#8211; his Epiphone and fav song.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one I created for my son-in-law for his birthday: &#8220;Isn&#8217;t He Something&#8221; &#8211; photo collage of his guitar and favorite song &#8220;Something&#8221; by George Harrison.<\/p>\n<p>My math genius and volleyball player grandson had a graduation, so, of course Grammy had to create something for him: &#8220;Derivative of a Higher Order&#8221; -and he certainly is!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2875\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2973.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2875\" class=\" wp-image-2875\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2973-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Derivative of a Higher Order&quot; - photo collage, iPad Art, for math-genius grandson\" width=\"212\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2973-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2973-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2973-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2973-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2973-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Derivative of a Higher Order&#8221; &#8211; photo collage, iPad Art, for math-genius grandson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The older\u00a0grandson is a musician of a high order &#8211; guitar, bass, drums and anything else that makes a sound! For him, I created &#8220;Night Music Nostalgia.&#8221; The song &#8220;Cat&#8217;s in the Cradle&#8221; speaks to how quickly children grow up. You can see it at the top of this page.<\/p>\n<p>In August, I took a train trip to Camarillo to see two of my high school girlfriends. One had purchased two of my artworks: &#8220;City of Angels&#8221; original collage and &#8220;On the Move LA&#8221; photo collage from Union Station. It was so fun to see my creations hanging amongst quite excellent paintings and pastel portraits. She is an amazing artist (which I had forgotten until I went there). My other friend is a dancer, so we went out for cocktails and music a couple of nights.\u00a0And yet another friend I knew from the Valley was available for lunch. She and I took our first Experimental Painting and collage class together. It was at her party that I first introduced myself as an artist. So fun to catch up on a few years of news with everyone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2694\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_6832-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2694\" class=\" wp-image-2694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_6832-1-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"On the Move - LA, Union Station, Photo Collage, iPad Art\" width=\"231\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_6832-1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_6832-1-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_6832-1-624x443.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_6832-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the Move &#8211; LA, Union Station, Photo Collage, iPad Art<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1546\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/City-of-Angels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1546\" class=\" wp-image-1546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/City-of-Angels-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;City of Angels&quot; - acrylic and collage on canvas, 30 x 40&quot; SOLD\" width=\"216\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/City-of-Angels-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/City-of-Angels-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/City-of-Angels-405x300.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/City-of-Angels.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;City of Angels&#8221; &#8211; acrylic and collage on canvas, 30 x 40&#8243; SOLD<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of my new collectors, who I finally met in August, purchased some of my early experimental abstracts for her new home in Seattle. They came right off my bedroom wall &#8211; favorites of mine.\u00a0So happy they have a fresh\u00a0point of view!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_355\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Soulmate_watermark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355\" class=\" wp-image-355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Soulmate_watermark-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Soulmate&quot; - Acrylic Ink on Paper, woven with gold wire.\" width=\"250\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Soulmate_watermark-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Soulmate_watermark-138x150.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Soulmate_watermark-945x1024.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Soulmate_watermark.jpg 1251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Soulmate&#8221; &#8211; Acrylic Ink on Paper, woven with gold wire.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2882\" style=\"width: 186px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Enchanted-Waterfall-6-15-2010-3-46-40-PM-1426x1814.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2882\" class=\" wp-image-2882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Enchanted-Waterfall-6-15-2010-3-46-40-PM-1426x1814-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Enchanted Waterfall&quot; - Acrylic Ink on Mulberry paper, Eyelash Yarn for texture.\" width=\"176\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Enchanted-Waterfall-6-15-2010-3-46-40-PM-1426x1814-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Enchanted-Waterfall-6-15-2010-3-46-40-PM-1426x1814-118x150.jpg 118w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Enchanted-Waterfall-6-15-2010-3-46-40-PM-1426x1814-768x977.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Enchanted-Waterfall-6-15-2010-3-46-40-PM-1426x1814-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Enchanted-Waterfall-6-15-2010-3-46-40-PM-1426x1814-624x794.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Enchanted-Waterfall-6-15-2010-3-46-40-PM-1426x1814.jpg 1426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Enchanted Waterfall&#8221; &#8211; Acrylic Ink on Mulberry paper, Eyelash Yarn for texture.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Again, many thanks to all\u00a0who\u00a0helped out with contributions and purchases. My fondest wish is that you enjoy all of your artwork and find something new each time you gaze upon it.<\/p>\n<p>Delighted\u00a0to get this missive off to you. Thanks for your patience. I promise to communicate again before the holidays &#8211; really. Let me know what you&#8217;ve been up to. I love hearing from you.<\/p>\n<p>Love,<br \/>\nSusie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sept-Oct classes, new artwork and news! \u00a0Hi everyone! Hope you had a wonderful summer. Mine was\u00a0filled with naps! First let me announce two new classes for September-October: 6 weeks: MONDAYS\u00a010 am to noon starting September 12th &#8211; this coming Monday! 5 weeks: WEDNESDAYS\u00a06:30 pm to 8:30 pm starting September 21st\u00a0 Details are on my iPadArtSoCal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,81,99,3,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classes","category-digital-art","category-iphoneography","category-paintings-prints-collages","category-photo-collage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2858"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2891,"href":"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2858\/revisions\/2891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artuitive.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}