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August 5, 2012 · 7:15 am

Tough Bird

My friend Kathrine Lovell lent me a book on various chickens and I liked the pose of this one. I love the look on his face. He seems to be saying “Don’t mess with me”. I have the feeling I have raised a chicken like this before. He wouldn’t go in his house, he strutted across the road in Arlington, MA, he slept on the top of a chair on our porch and he led the rest of the birds down the road to meet Alex as he got off the school bus every day.

Chickens though aren’t destined for long lives and one day a mama fox snatched him away.

This guy is painted on 2″ deep cradled aqua board and is 6″ by 6″ and for sale for $150 plus $10.00 shipping. If you are interested please contact me at susanmedyn@cox.net.

I am busy making these chicks for upcoming South Coast Artist Open Studios August 18th and 19th. It is a great weekend to come on down and tour the many artists studios in this lovely coastal area. www.southcoastartists.org for more information.

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July 2, 2012 · 6:30 pm

SHALL WE DANCE?

I think she is hoping some one asks her to dance although I expect everyone would like to be her partner. This is a 9″ by 12″ Ink and Watercolor that befits this lovely summer time.This painting is done on white Arches 300 pound cold press watercolor paper although the photo does not show how white the paper is. Shall We Dance? is for sale for $400.00 framed. If you are interested please contact me at susanmedyn@cox.net.

I have been making these whimsical watercolors for 35 years and have just discovered aqua board. I will be posting some new works I have done on this material shortly.

This weather has been great for swimming and we have been trying to swim daily since Memorial Day. We have so many birds come to our feeders but this year the hummingbirds are preferring to go to the bee balm and other plants over the feeder. Enjoy the Fourth of July.

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June 17, 2012 · 7:38 pm

Flybaby!

Flybaby, 8″ by 8″ Ink and Watercolor on 2″ deep Cradle Board. Private Collection

This is a wonderful little guy that I wish lived in my neighborhood. Thanks to my friend Karen Barreira Raus for turning me on to this great product for making my paintings on. Check out her website at www.karenraus.com . She also does amazing encaustics and is showing with me at both the http://www.artstablegallery.com/ in Westport, MA ( don’t forget to stop by our opening reception on June 22nd from 6:00PM to 8:30PM) and at the http://ropewalkgallery.com/ in Mattapoisett, Ma.

Here is one of her photos.

Photo by Karen Raus

I will be making more of these little paintings on cradle board and loving working with this medium.

If you are interested in purchasing please contact me at susanmedyn@cox.net

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May 17, 2012 · 9:27 pm

New paintings on aqua board.

Hide and Seek is part of my new series of smaller creatures and sea life on aqua board.

It has a wonderful cheerfulness about it. Sold.

: They Fly Through The Air, 5″ by 7″ Framed in a Wooden Frame $50.00/SOLD!

: I DO!

This is a lovely little 6″ by 6″ painting that I have just finished on aqua board. Sold.

And lastly is an 8″ by 8″ painting on aqua board called Nautalisk. I have added a few pictures to show the process of making my work. This painting is for sale for $125.00 framed. It is on view at Partners Country Store in Westport, MA.

Nautalick inked in.

Nautalick being worked on.

Nautalick, 8″ by 8′ Ink and Watercolor on Aqua Board. Framed and for sale for $125.00. On View at Partners Country Store, Westport, MA.

If you are interested in purchasing any of my work please contact me at susanmedyn@cox.net.

Please let me know what you think of these new works!

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March 30, 2012 · 9:54 pm

Necessary Fantasy, the title of an article about my work by Jes Zurrell in SOCO magazine April 2012 issue.

Necessary Fantasy by Jes Zurrell has just come out in SOCO Magazine. It is quite interesting.

: Last page of article in SOCO MAgazine. It is easier to read by going to the link listed below. http://www.socomagazine.info/

Click on read on the left hand side and go to page 62, 63 and 64 to read the article.

I was delighted to read this article today. There are several pieces of my work as well as many new gicleés at Ropewalk Gallery in Mattapoisett, MA on County Road (Route 6). I will also have several pieces in a group show at Imperial Gallery in Providence, RI starting April 19th, 2012.

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February 14, 2012 · 9:54 am

Happy Valentine’s Day

I wonder if he'll notice me?

Such a cute little Valentine’s Painting…about 4″ by 4″…$20.00.

Contact me at susanmedyn@cox.net and I can ship it immediately.

Wedding Rehearsal

Having gone through a wedding rehearsal this past July, I remember how much fun it was. $300.00.

Flowers for my sweetie! Sold

Enjoy the day, it’s what we have!

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July 18, 2011 · 12:05 am

Open Studios and the fish were a big hit!

Wonderful swim at the end of the day. Some nice bouncy waves.

A little seaweed. Think it is healthful to swim among the leaves.

Lickety Split

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July 1, 2011 · 7:39 am

The Day Before The Wedding!

Come and Get Me! , 9" by 12", Just finished yesterday!

Wedding Rehearsal, very fitting for the rehearsal day!

SO we are all a twitter with excitement for this wonderful weekend. We have the rehearsal for Anthea and Shamus’s wedding at 11:00AM today and then we drive down to Rhode Island for a rehearsal dinner party. The weather should be perfect for tomorrow’s wedding and we are so excited. Anthea looks amazing!

: Island Near Christmas Cove. Just posting this as my friend Kelley MacDonald is in Maine painting and just finished a picture of Christmas Cove.http://kelleymacdonalddailypaint.blogspot.com/

So we are all atwitter getting ready for the rehearsal and then the rehearsal dinner. Tomorrow should be a fabulous day. The weather will be perfect.

The Borman Six Has Got to Have Sole, 2011, $500.00, Also limited edition gicleés available for $60.00 inclusive of shipping within the continental US.

When It Rains It Pours

I am having trouble with my camera. Time to get a new one. Unfortunately my pictures didn’t come out as well as I would have liked. But have some fun taking a look at some of my new work.

DO YOU TAKE THIS CREATURE?, 9" x 12", 2011, $400

Love the anemone in this one!

WAITING FOR POGO, 9" x 12", 2011, $300

From the Okefenokee Swamp where the celebrated opossum Pogo Lives. The light wasn’t great for photographing as I need a new camera. Do you know that a cross eyed opossum named Heidi is currently Germany’s biggest star with 290,000 facebook fans?
And she is a rescue possum. I often feel like I am rescuing my creatures from my mind so that they have a nice place to live.
Waiting for Pogo is a 9″ by 12″ Ink and Watercolor done on 140 pound hot press arches watercolor paper.