Susie Morrell Studio

"Buoys" by Susie Morrell

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Arriving in Falmouth.MA with a half day to mull around before the start of the workshop I felt compelled to drive all the way to Provincetown... who knows when I'll be back and that little stretch of land curling into the sea was just too irresistible!

Bike on the bike rack and navigator on I started off. 30 minutes into the drive a sidetrack stop at Isaiah Thomas Books, a charming pink house with the sign reading "old and rare books" I always head for the art section and didn't I find a wonderful biography of Philadelphia artist, John Sloan ~ perfect! The 1-1/2 hour drive was pretty solitary through dunes and marsh. Then the contrast is striking... suddenly you arrive to a bustling seaport village full of activity. People walking shopping gallery hopping, outdoor cafès, cedar shingle architecture everywhere, sounds of fog horns, seagulls, street musicians playing. I parked and took off on my bike to enjoy the atmosphere all the while
thinking "pinch me am I really here!"

then the rain.... oh well... time to pause and eat. Seeing 'lobster roll' sandwich signs everywhere I asked a local where to get the best. He suggested here:

and he was right! it was unbelievable!

so I waited out the rain ...

a bit damp and chilled I was glad to have thrown a bottle of merlot in the car last minute so headed back to the Inn to enjoy a glass of wine and my new found John Sloan book and three days of oil painting ahead of me. Life is Good ~

~more on the painting in the next post~

"Tranquility" by Susie Morrell

I met the most wonderful artists at a recent workshop in Cape Cod instructed by Leslie Saeta and Margaret Sheldon hosted by Linda Collins at the Museums on the Green in Falmouth, MA.

There is nothing I needed more at this moment in time than an inspiring courageous group of women who traveled from all over the country for the same purpose filled with the same passion... capturing the essence of the Cape and communicating it through oil paint. In our breaks from the easel, we gathered at the quaint pubs for wine and the best lobster rolls on brioche buns you can imagine. The best part is hearing the stories of each artist and the journey that brought us all together! I'll post more of the trip and paintings in the days to come.

I took a TON of reference photos.

This is one of the boats (many boats!) in the harbor at The Knob near Woods Hole

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Chive Blossoms by Susie Morrell

©Susie Morrell "Chive Blossoms"

6" x 6" oil on archival linen panel

SOLD

private collection

I was going through my paints and wanted to paint these chive blossoms (photo courtesy of Joey Randall's Village Voice blog) I use a very limited palette but was having difficulty achieve the hue of the blossoms so turned to my kit and found a wonderful tube of Gamblin's Manganese Violet. Perfect! Thanks to Dot Bunn for encouraging me to purchase it! This one is now in a private collection. I loved painting it so may paint another version!

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Local Color Juried Show ~ Artist's of Yardley

Mark your calendars, come meet the artists at the opening reception.

Original works of art representing local scenes of Bucks County

I am honored to have one of my paintings selected for the show

~Sold opening night ~

private collection

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"Church Near Schroon Lake" by Susie Morrell

"Misty" by Susie Morrell

Feeling nostalgic and abstract as our family gathers for a memorial campfire at one of the places my dad loved most and worked so hard to preserve as a family retreat. It's been almost a year since his passing and we still can't believe he will not be there to greet us. He and my mom share a love for music particularly the sounds from the 50's. One of their favorites was "Misty" a jazz standard written by Erroll Garner which became a signature song of Jonny Mathis. As I listened to the song, cool colors of blues and greens developed on my palette. No one image can memorialize his memory so I mixed all the shades of the cool lake and woodlands that surround it. You can listen to "Misty" as sung by Jonny Mathis by clicking here while you view my painting. Hug your dad if he is close by or drop him a note of appreciation and love. I sure wish I could just one more time.....