Painting Palette and Storms

One of my recent painting palettes (acrylic) Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. ~Pablo Picasso Well, my sweet friends ’tis storming here. I assume you heard of the tropical depression named Fay.. hitting Florida. Well she arrived at our door yesterday. Here is a little picture of the river earlier this morning [...]

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Dipping into your soul and an anniversary. :)

Wild Roses in Green Glass 24″ X 32″ acrylic/canvas…click twice, to touch the petals :) Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into the picture. ~Henry Ward Beecher Well, Monday has rolled around again. I hope our time apart was a pleasant one for you. All is good [...]

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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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Wild Rain Lilies…useless?

wild rain lilies in a jar acrylic/canvas 24″x32″ (click on image twice to zoom. :) ~~ Remember, the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. ~John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice , 1851 ~~ Hello my little pretties. :) I hope all is good in your worlds. [...]

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The Messenger and Curiosity

~The Messenger~ oil/canvas 24″x30″ (click on image to enlarge) Man is the messenger who forgot the message. ~Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) Hello everyone I hope your week was a pleasant one! I don’t think this will be a long post, but we’ll see what evolves. eh,eh,eh Isn’t this simply a divine quote! Oh how I [...]

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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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Moving in Silence…

dream~scape (escape) (acrylic on canvas) (click on image to enlarge) See how nature~~trees, flowers, grass..grow in silence see the stars, the moon, and the sun how they move in silence we need silence … to touch souls. ~Mother Teresa Dear hearts forgive me for I have been remiss in writing. I hope all is good [...]

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Looking Out From Within

Looking Out From Within (click on image to enlarge) symbolic self portrait (oil/canvas) “A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.” ~from The Little Prince by Antione de Saint-Expuery Hello dear hearts seems a while since we had a chat…though you were in [...]

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The gift (part I)

                                        (click on image to enlarge)                              Dancing to the Light       ~~If I were to be a flower, ’tis a wild rose I would be~~                                                                                          ~suz (gypsy-he♥rt)                                                                                                         I have always loved roses…maybe it comes from a childhood memory I have. My parents, Grandparents, Pamala, and I lived on a ranch.         Note:  Pamala is my little sister, she [...]

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The Thief

The Thief © Susan Morrison Sims oil on canvas click (on image to enlarge) I painted this a while back, but for some reason I wanted to post it tonight. It is larger than most of my pieces….a personal narrative symbolic piece that resides over the piano.  I am thinking of doing a series with warmer lighter backgrounds. I tend to [...]

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