Perfect Imperfection?

Imperfection (plein air Tuscany)© Susan Morrison Sims acrylic on paper (approx 6.5″ x 9″) click on image to enlarge ~~ Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. ~Marilyn Monroe ~~ Hello darlings..so sorry I have been absent. Your comments and emails  to me were most appreciated, [...]

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From Dreams to Memories

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♥ Through the Veil of the Mist

Tuscan Mist, Plein Air ©Susan Morrison Sims 9″ x 12″ acrylic on paper (click on image to enlarge; twice to walk through the mist :) ~~ Were I called, very briefly, to define art, I should call it “the reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature through the veil of the mist. “ ~Edgar [...]

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Sunlight and another Cappuccino Moon

Flames of Dusk ©Susan Morrison Sims 24″ x 32″ acrylic on canvas (click on the image to enlarge twice to zoom) ~~ Pour down your warmth great sun! ~Walt Whitman ~~ I am just stepping in for a minute or two (you knew I couldn’t stay away too long). :)  A lot of us are [...]

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Dreams..miracles in waiting.

Dreams of Tuscany, Italy ©Susan Morrison Sims 20″ x 36″ acrylic on canvas (Step into my dream, and walk with me. Just click on it…then click again :) ~~ “The dream was always running ahead of me to catch up to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle. ~Anais Nin [...]

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..my heart is listening and it soars!

Tuscan Hill (acrylic on canvas 24″ x 32″) The beauty of the trees, the softness of the air the fragrance of the grass, speaks to me. The summit of the mountain, the thunder of the sky, speaks to me. The faintness of the stars, the trail of the sun, the strength of fire, and the [...]

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Cappuccino Moon and “Whiskers”

Cappuccino Moon /digital ( click on image to enlarge) Hello Darlings…I hope everyone is well and happy. I just wanted to chat with you a minute or two. So if you like, make yourself a cup of coffee or tea.  Oh how I wish I had some cappucino now….like the one in my image!  This was the very last [...]

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Tuscany Paintings ….off to SoHo, New York

            Golden Morning                   Sea of Yellow           Cerulean Tuscan Sky        all plein air/acrylic on canvas    (click on images to enlarge)         Hello Darlings, these are three pieces from plein air painting in Tuscany, in November. Again for my non-artist friends, plein air is a fancy word term for painting outside “in the open air”, on location.         When I [...]

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Expressions of Italy Show

Dusk (click on image to enlarge) Well, it is done I hauled the pieces to the Village Gallery this morning. We were to have 10 to 12 each so I took 14 pieces to let them decide which ones they wanted, and they ended up using all 14 of them. They both had some wonderful work, so I think it will be a very nice show.  We also [...]

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painting over a painting (the process)

        (on the easel)           I wanted to show you this painting which I think I will title directions… I told you how I like to paint over paintings so I decided to share this process with you. The first image is the old piece before I began painting over it. I think you can get an idea it was a [...]

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