tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425696732672507352024-03-14T01:11:12.156-07:00Susan Abbott Studio NewsSusan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-31853228150452141492013-04-03T18:25:00.000-07:002013-04-03T18:25:14.390-07:00We've Moved!<b>Susan Abbott Studio News</b> has moved to my new site! Now all of my
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to go to my new workshops page--and at the bottom of the page, you can
sign up for new postings. While you're there, take a look at all the new
galleries and information on my site!Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-64791256767676008932013-04-01T12:39:00.000-07:002013-04-01T12:39:10.865-07:00"Endless Flowers' at Jane Haslem Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My watercolor "Spring" is included in the exhibit "Spring" at the Jane
Haslem Gallery in Washington, DC. Other artists included in the show are
Joseph Raffael, Gabor Peterdi, Mark Adams, and Elizabeth Osborne. <a href="http://www.janehaslemgallery.com/endless_flowers/index_3.php" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a link to the show, which continues through the end of April 2013.<br />
<br />Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-72740612774371935352013-02-07T05:10:00.000-08:002013-02-07T05:14:10.404-08:00Winter Break in the Bahamas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm in Hope Town, Bahamas for two weeks of painting on my own before my landscape workshop arrives on February 8th. It's been wonderful, in the middle of winter, to be out all day exploring the town, beaches and harbor with my french easel in tow. I'm already looking forward to returning to Hope Town next winter, hopefully for a longer stay. It's easy to understand why Winslow Homer packed up his watercolors, and left Maine for the tropics every winter...<br />
You can see a selection of my paintings from the Bahamas<a href="http://susanabbott.blogspot.com/search/label/Bahamas" target="_blank"> here</a>.<br />
And here is my porch "studio" in my cabin on the beach:<br />
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<br />Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-90283321639237030802013-01-19T18:10:00.000-08:002013-01-19T18:11:06.661-08:00Love, Lust and Desire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.mcgowanfineart.com/index.html" target="_blank">McGowan Fine Art</a> in Concord, NH will be featuring three of my "journal" paintings in their Valentine's Day exhibit "Love, Lust and Desire". </div>
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"Thaw", 8" x 8", oil on board <br />
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"Early Spring", 8" x 8", oil on board<br />
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"Waiting (Dunbarton Oaks), 8" x 8", oil on boardSusan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-2672665311198519012012-11-30T14:46:00.001-08:002013-01-19T17:56:19.391-08:00"Paris/ Provence" Exhibit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This solo exhibit showcases still life and plein air landscape in
both oils and watercolors from my travels to Paris and Provence. You can
see the entire show on line <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets/72157632141279306/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I hope you can join me at West Branch Gallery in Stowe on Thursday, October 4th from 6-8 pm for a special one evening event in support of the Vermont Land Trust. Twelve artists have created twenty-two unique paintings inspired by the Bolton Backcountry, a 1,200 acre hiking and nordic skiing paradise that the VT Land Trust is protecting from private development. Have a glass of local wine or beer, enjoy some tasty hors d'oeuvres, see some wonderful art --and have a chance to purchase a painting at a one-time special price to benefit the VLT Bolton project! You can find out more about the Vermont land Trust's effort to preserve the Bolton Backcountry <a href="http://www.vlt.org/initiatives/bolton">here</a>.<br />
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<b> My exhibit "A Place Apart" opens at the</b> <b>West Branch Gallery in Stowe, VT on Saturday, August 25th from 6-8:30 pm</b>. It features sixteen new paintings inspired by the small towns and working landscape of rural Vermont. <br />
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You can see the show online <a href="http://www.westbranchgallery.com/artistworks.lasso?artist_id=57" style="color: #cc0000;">here</a>.<br />
Directions and hours are <a href="http://www.westbranchgallery.com/gallery.lasso" style="color: #cc0000;">here</a>. Please come to the opening and say hello!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I moved
to Vermont almost twenty years ago for the most impractical of reasons, love at
first sight. Driving through a small town in the southern part of the state, in
the early morning, on my way to somewhere else, I caught a glimpse of a stream
running through the backyard of an old clapboard cape. Suddenly I was back in
my childhood, in a time before the creeks in my own town were culverted and the
yards subdivided. The Vermont I saw from a car window looked like a memory of
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decades later, I’m still attracted to what I see here every day, to our common,
work-a-day patchwork of small towns, dirt roads, village greens, barn yards and
back fields. Looking carefully at these ordinary places, landscape and memory
intersect for me. While I paint, color, light, and shape combine with subject
to compose a mood and a meaning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In
these paintings, the mood may be melancholy, the meaning ambiguous. Both mood
and meaning in my<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=242569673267250735" name="_GoBack"></a> landscapes—images of old houses, old
farms, old towns, old trucks--have to do with age and time. Like many
Vermonters, I value the old. Even when a barn has outlived its purpose, we
respect its venerable presence and want to see it endure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Japanese
concept of “wabi-sabi” has helped me understand why I find these old, ordinary,
and sometimes broken-down places so beautiful. Wabi-sabi embraces the aged, the
imperfect, the modest, the subjective, the natural, the seasonal, the private,
the mysterious. In Vermont, I find wabi-sabi everywhere I look. In my painting,
I find beauty in the ordinary, and try to hold on to the changing, the
disappearing, the memory, and the first glimpse.</span></div>
<br />Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-63124817435500045272011-12-22T07:52:00.001-08:002011-12-22T08:25:15.536-08:00Studio Views<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcHKetEhIfmHnHYu4gUHjlJYxHk2xpArWj5HYDAC3H8zP0iOlmdwY2E9HTZfVhDI0tMbeCyNGpPvaCgHQ3Ug6yyoPW1Ag6GhKBVuWnvNMR7S-L4yHoL_VQk_DEurzDaOuiYhcw6Lg21sH/s1600/studiowall.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcHKetEhIfmHnHYu4gUHjlJYxHk2xpArWj5HYDAC3H8zP0iOlmdwY2E9HTZfVhDI0tMbeCyNGpPvaCgHQ3Ug6yyoPW1Ag6GhKBVuWnvNMR7S-L4yHoL_VQk_DEurzDaOuiYhcw6Lg21sH/s400/studiowall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688981652906031698" border="0" /></a>I've been working this month on a new series of oil landscapes in preparation for a show this August at West Branch Gallery in Stowe.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigNK6dlvqrk3CYXlAcgZj7eWZi0_GQf0cO1f6gdg1zbbUY3afYtOXjS7HGbu6Tf-kua8TCkQvrzmCZVA3vgfNNlCYCO85L8Io9TimsdLQwVMVQACqZ5D6FizE8Su2a5o25cHc-xfwZZg2/s1600/studio_sorgeasel.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigNK6dlvqrk3CYXlAcgZj7eWZi0_GQf0cO1f6gdg1zbbUY3afYtOXjS7HGbu6Tf-kua8TCkQvrzmCZVA3vgfNNlCYCO85L8Io9TimsdLQwVMVQACqZ5D6FizE8Su2a5o25cHc-xfwZZg2/s400/studio_sorgeasel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688981651800694738" border="0" /></a>This is my new easel from David Sorg, which will be helpful for the larger canvases I'm about to begin. No cranks to raise or lower--it's counter weighted, and slides up and down easily. A boon to my posture!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBy-a3vRbXMfSDFwZNtLOYDjZO94mUU4b7U6ydJmKVue_yGkvSMn8J84gP4tZIdlXOO26vyBvzA_tqYp1G30HU7DjfGLNoUqAS7lVmuFRGJ539sbPxXo4_YwE-7kRnjU5fa0oUxevf61mh/s1600/miaandgesso2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBy-a3vRbXMfSDFwZNtLOYDjZO94mUU4b7U6ydJmKVue_yGkvSMn8J84gP4tZIdlXOO26vyBvzA_tqYp1G30HU7DjfGLNoUqAS7lVmuFRGJ539sbPxXo4_YwE-7kRnjU5fa0oUxevf61mh/s400/miaandgesso2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688984202847322034" border="0" /></a>Mia likes to lounge around close by my brush while I'm trying to prepare canvases. I've been gluing linen to wood panels, then applying Art Board's excellent acrylic gesso. (That's a painting by Euan Uglow in the open book.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPWwVyJzNFoVKxfMBEbP-2eNpnK7W4et7xgbmfUxUzSiWIL1gIhJcTJadjIsB54-FOYh8zlvdYfHAWGiQrLyMrcME3q5rQQeGDRytmMn_i8Bq-6C2qcKyNZD96ORS-iORS3M7LfH0PIhz/s1600/studio_shelf.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPWwVyJzNFoVKxfMBEbP-2eNpnK7W4et7xgbmfUxUzSiWIL1gIhJcTJadjIsB54-FOYh8zlvdYfHAWGiQrLyMrcME3q5rQQeGDRytmMn_i8Bq-6C2qcKyNZD96ORS-iORS3M7LfH0PIhz/s400/studio_shelf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688981645391621394" border="0" /></a>Still life props and favorite postcards: Tom Thomson, Vincent Desiderio, Gerhard Richter, Catherine Murphy, Vermeer, Linden Frederick, John Sell Cotman. (Like most painters, I have eclectic tastes.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mD2ohc6WTQOjfrf7S9XOiD3LRQmqvbuOYj1Hl1g6YNsH9Ia4YM42ZfbnkN1oprph81ZANDYwlajqgDuiWaeyfqzlvZeWaVeV7hXxJ9WafPi5SbeDtFIH-sdvOhLBp1-_TJaW-fxDVujR/s1600/studiowindow.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mD2ohc6WTQOjfrf7S9XOiD3LRQmqvbuOYj1Hl1g6YNsH9Ia4YM42ZfbnkN1oprph81ZANDYwlajqgDuiWaeyfqzlvZeWaVeV7hXxJ9WafPi5SbeDtFIH-sdvOhLBp1-_TJaW-fxDVujR/s400/studiowindow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688981662935596162" border="0" /></a>New paintings I'm working on are images of New England summers--and not so far removed from our December weather, which has yet to see a lasting snow. Hopefully this week the cold white blanket of Vermont winter will arrive, and be the view from my studio hibernation until a Bahamas workshop in February.Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-8586596457751712712011-11-28T18:23:00.000-08:002011-11-28T20:36:11.395-08:00My VT Flood Relief Art Sale Update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMoBbGJ7SSrfI0QqDDQFtHUeSUms4XfRusS5RG5_ybXPa9TG3wX5y4izw-rwxVORgCrTroBVTtju57IZTGGfsEl3gLJb9aIWf8EtAkwmM5Ea3IBVorgBbvFDg8oQeoWJqVzMUeh40NZqO/s1600/Woodford_paintedphoto.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 344px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMoBbGJ7SSrfI0QqDDQFtHUeSUms4XfRusS5RG5_ybXPa9TG3wX5y4izw-rwxVORgCrTroBVTtju57IZTGGfsEl3gLJb9aIWf8EtAkwmM5Ea3IBVorgBbvFDg8oQeoWJqVzMUeh40NZqO/s400/Woodford_paintedphoto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680271883369303010" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);">November 2012 Update: All of my painted photos of Vermont towns are now sold, and over $5,000. donated to local flood relief efforts. Thank you to everyone who purchased! I'll be posting more of these soon on my <a href="http://www.letmeshowyouvt.blogspot.com/">Vermont blog</a>.</span><br /><br />In the words of the latest issue of Burlington, VT newspaper "Seven Days":<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Artist Susan Abbott is selling hand-painted photographs of Vermont towns that she created for her blog, <a href="http://www.letmeshowyouvt.blogspot.com/">Let Me Show You Vermont</a>. The gaily colorized images of iconic roads, buildings, farms and landscapes would be brilliant keepsakes of the state even if they didn’t benefit flood-relief efforts. The matted, one-of-a-kind 8-by-10-inch photos are $225 each and appear to be going fast.</span>"<br /><br />And they are going fast! So far we have sold sixteen photo/paintings, and raised $3,500. for flood relief. There are seven more left, including "Moretown" (a village hit very hard by the flooding), shown above. I have over 200 towns to go, in my quest to paint and draw all over this beautiful state, and will continue to offer sales as donations as long as there is a need to help flood victims, so stay tuned...meanwhile, you can see the online art sale <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets/72157627580774408/with/6108055394/">here</a>.Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-40941417262882316462011-09-02T21:33:00.000-07:002011-09-02T21:43:14.222-07:00Vermont Flood Relief Art Sale<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmun_0bQ4aEOzrAvkfs9iPS6By7AtmrOOlaOP-bdznIHKeRZQlityYnsLwttAw2F_RCFnn6-42FpM1kADFlm7ucP5FGw9tcfL9OKl0Gb_zGrHqDz9urOhTtAGb9SDE5Ky93RdbJSNZR45/s1600/wilmingtoncolor.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmun_0bQ4aEOzrAvkfs9iPS6By7AtmrOOlaOP-bdznIHKeRZQlityYnsLwttAw2F_RCFnn6-42FpM1kADFlm7ucP5FGw9tcfL9OKl0Gb_zGrHqDz9urOhTtAGb9SDE5Ky93RdbJSNZR45/s400/wilmingtoncolor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647987140141199090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">See the online sale </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets/72157627580774408/with/6107507409/">here</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">!</span>
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<br /><div id="insitu-id-yui_3_4_0_3_1315024313997_323" class="vsDescription insitu-trigger">Hurricane Irene tracked directly over my home state of Vermont on Sunday, August 28th. After twelve hours of torrential rains, waters poured down our mountains and rivers rose quickly, jumping their banks and inundating homes, businesses, and farmlands. Over 300 roads and bridges were damaged, including all of the highways that span the southern part of the state from east to west. Vermonters are working hard to recover, but they will need some help to rebuild.
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<br />I'm happy to be able to offer all proceeds from the sale of over 25 original hand-painted photographs to aid the relief effort here in Vermont. These images were created for my blog
<br /><a href="http://www.letmeshowyouvt.blogspot.com/">"Let Me Show You Vermont"</a>, a project that's taking me on a sketchbook tour of all 251 Vermont towns. Unfortunately, many of these places were damaged by Hurricane Irene. Your purchase of one of the pieces in this series will be a generous donation to Vermont's recovery. And then come up and visit this wonderful state!</div>
<br />Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-43487420963724561542011-08-15T13:26:00.000-07:002011-08-15T13:33:16.426-07:00Plein Air in Provence<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VLioVDAO3eZWNVT3TnjoI0iJ2Fpzlu9AwokuXQLygFHn5kj9LLCbQx2uZuSvp9tk0a03Ayf075c9FLe-vN0dM-eq0B-EqFePMU4JoWHRJQxaIDz8xKQ1GjoCmgAEPnkLjuzCX3bLBNvP/s1600/pathtotheruins.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VLioVDAO3eZWNVT3TnjoI0iJ2Fpzlu9AwokuXQLygFHn5kj9LLCbQx2uZuSvp9tk0a03Ayf075c9FLe-vN0dM-eq0B-EqFePMU4JoWHRJQxaIDz8xKQ1GjoCmgAEPnkLjuzCX3bLBNvP/s400/pathtotheruins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641182306148914226" border="0" /></a>Painting in Provence was as exciting and challenging this summer as it always is. I especially enjoyed working on a series of plein air oils--you can take a look at them (as well as watercolors and sketchbook pages from the trip) <a href="http://susanabbott.blogspot.com/search/label/Provence">here</a>. As always, my students were a pleasure to travel with, and worked as hard--and drank as much wine-- as I did!
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<br />Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-5626928635091798582011-06-12T08:54:00.000-07:002011-06-12T09:00:29.409-07:00Web Article<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVshz8qV5FydL9SFG4ZrdQhBhYniPt5FL0tp_ZqzCpXpUruBLDRjGfDVKeikMTMvxkFxzY3v5P4TcpiQNlIaFgACUu5aUisa1EdIK3Lc6TiYvWYY95UY9CeQ4nWxiaArDwbi9FBx4fUGEi/s1600/10_Elegy_RightSide.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVshz8qV5FydL9SFG4ZrdQhBhYniPt5FL0tp_ZqzCpXpUruBLDRjGfDVKeikMTMvxkFxzY3v5P4TcpiQNlIaFgACUu5aUisa1EdIK3Lc6TiYvWYY95UY9CeQ4nWxiaArDwbi9FBx4fUGEi/s400/10_Elegy_RightSide.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617362593481375970" border="0" /></a>Artist Network website has an article up called "Anatomy of a Painting" that analyzes my watercolor "Elegy". Take a look by clicking <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.artistsnetwork.com/articles/artist-interviews-profiles/wc-abbott-elegy">here</a>.Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-72590725036663137372011-06-08T15:32:00.000-07:002011-06-08T15:41:09.309-07:00A Summer Painting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lxbh6IOZO-0Tiunqf7tcpA9Y7X9h1GOe0gVqF7-m0k7kp07Fx8SqEn-422iNKqJ48seOhiGt3koF4oZECpMMOyVW-thDUNOEQYb5qJWOeBPV_Z9n0OrRZDFJgGchu8VvnDdaoDueD7Qu/s1600/studio.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lxbh6IOZO-0Tiunqf7tcpA9Y7X9h1GOe0gVqF7-m0k7kp07Fx8SqEn-422iNKqJ48seOhiGt3koF4oZECpMMOyVW-thDUNOEQYb5qJWOeBPV_Z9n0OrRZDFJgGchu8VvnDdaoDueD7Qu/s400/studio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615980808713010050" border="0" /></a>I'm working this summer on a commission--a large still life triptych that is a return for me to the "Dream Table" series, this time in oil rather than watercolor. I'll be posting <a href="http://susanabbott.blogspot.com/search/label/spring%20to%20summer">vignette</a> details of "Spring to Summer" as I work my way across the tabletop. On my studio desk you can see some of the bounty of art books and postcards I brought back from Paris a few weeks ago, which I'll be perusing frequently in the future for ideas, technical help, and inspiration.Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-67943798353730872412011-05-18T13:33:00.000-07:002011-09-02T21:39:47.865-07:00Colors of the Batey Update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9v7_rWCH3lh-j5kUn1xm6gC18a1WDwt93jB-OXaVisH8JcHTvKsZLtawAtDo8rwsRAfoug1_hdBe9tR77ZnseVfksVOt9yjQWdiY80AJub1lPcunKZk2sGE0nm9vBIUi3UD8-973icO9/s1600/5658761371_ea3dca4df6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9v7_rWCH3lh-j5kUn1xm6gC18a1WDwt93jB-OXaVisH8JcHTvKsZLtawAtDo8rwsRAfoug1_hdBe9tR77ZnseVfksVOt9yjQWdiY80AJub1lPcunKZk2sGE0nm9vBIUi3UD8-973icO9/s400/5658761371_ea3dca4df6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608159163634406338" border="0" /></a>
<br />My son Colin and I had a great opening for the "Colors of the Batey" show, which continues until July 1st at the University of Vermont Davis Center. We have sold six of the sixteen photographs and paintings--all sales are donated to the Clean Water Project for the Batey. Please take a look at the show online <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets/72157626460432879/">here</a>!Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-60614355884568121452011-04-27T08:51:00.001-07:002011-04-27T08:53:53.153-07:00Colors of the Batey Exhibit and Fundraiser<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzMEvL666SpUzQxokCtLFIqV0bDAUZUz9unlrEilbpGyta_hUOOEZSXMDGWMV5CGYsEB1TzGAgr_lW5XsLrATkxv2RfgMohpS28QT5tcirUJgiW8-f-qwhtVAIOJ_as53zEInFTl03ONB/s1600/inviteimage.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzMEvL666SpUzQxokCtLFIqV0bDAUZUz9unlrEilbpGyta_hUOOEZSXMDGWMV5CGYsEB1TzGAgr_lW5XsLrATkxv2RfgMohpS28QT5tcirUJgiW8-f-qwhtVAIOJ_as53zEInFTl03ONB/s400/inviteimage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600291738091622258" border="0" /></a><br />Last November my son Colin and I traveled to the Dominican Republic to deliver $4,500. we had raised to help a Haitian community there install a safe drinking water system. (You can read about our project <a href="http://sabbottstudionews.blogspot.com/search/label/Safe%20Water%20Project">here</a>.) While we were there, Colin photographed and I painted and drew, with an eye towards continuing our fundraising for the community.<br /><br />We are now having an exhibit of these paintings and photographs from the Batey Libertad at the University Vermont's Davis Center. You can see the show (including prices, purchase information and my sketchbook from the trip) online<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets/72157626460432879/"> </a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets/72157626460432879/">here</a>.<br /><br />We are donating all sales from the show to the Batey Libertad Fundacion to finish the safe water project. Please email me at sa@susanabbott.com for more information, or to make a donation! Even a little help goes a long way.Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-46656861174022013182011-02-27T11:10:00.001-08:002011-02-27T11:29:09.962-08:00Vermont Land Trust Annual Report<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HcgUXZGqOsKhRr2uF3SMSURzW0TQ3zFJMMPEc4MKXD10OkZRA0ndBd_eSBmJ0MuKTQZOGR-S0JBpgESiXA-gFU6ONDU4BQJrMv6ERe65aEa-3uHETWPJvfxp2iMyaz9Htb8uV8_Lxpak/s1600/landtrustcover380.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HcgUXZGqOsKhRr2uF3SMSURzW0TQ3zFJMMPEc4MKXD10OkZRA0ndBd_eSBmJ0MuKTQZOGR-S0JBpgESiXA-gFU6ONDU4BQJrMv6ERe65aEa-3uHETWPJvfxp2iMyaz9Htb8uV8_Lxpak/s400/landtrustcover380.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578449482354190386" border="0" /></a>The <a href="http://www.vlt.org/">Vermont Land Trust</a> chose a selection of my landscape paintings to illustrate their 2010 Annual Report. The VLT is doing great work conserving farms and forests across our state, including a 600 acre plein air painting paradise right across the road from my studio.Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-59625815969457400142011-01-09T13:03:00.000-08:002011-01-09T13:25:35.655-08:00NRECA Mural installed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziHRBeoDTXo21vBmnqgFzHraBIwPVl5MtX2WYwBMjePzTMogA3Jbc0Dt0jWQBf_-9PfbkjAinBYGXKjKERgVqgMCPXdmnAeiFGob_hE8OITD45JQSDQn3HZKVxX1V_kEMqWZWWuykX4xq/s1600/nrecaarticle.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziHRBeoDTXo21vBmnqgFzHraBIwPVl5MtX2WYwBMjePzTMogA3Jbc0Dt0jWQBf_-9PfbkjAinBYGXKjKERgVqgMCPXdmnAeiFGob_hE8OITD45JQSDQn3HZKVxX1V_kEMqWZWWuykX4xq/s400/nrecaarticle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560297172911235218" border="0" /></a>My mural for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's Washington headquarters has been installed, and is featured in a recent issue of "Rural Electric" magazine:<br /><br />"The NRECA Collection's shining jewel spans the mezzanine of the main meeting room--a forty foot mural that , according to artist Susan Abbott, captures the inspiring story of America's electric co-ops.<br /> Abbott's vision consists of ten separate oil paintings completed in her northern Vermont studio in half-size, then digitally reproduced and enlarged before being installed on-site. Her work features a road and power line crossing regions, landscapes and communities, from coast to coast, and incorporates farms, forests, mountains, churches, a schoolhouse, and a co-op line truck, all in bright, uplifting colors.<br /> 'The concept popped into my head as soon as I saw the space where it would go", Abbott relates. 'Because rural electrification was a New Deal program, I thought about how it unified people in rural areas all across the country...My parents were big supporters of President Roosevelt, and the New Deal was a frequent topic of conversation in our house. So I understood my project from the outset.' "Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-28083263823551919462010-11-02T13:12:00.000-07:002011-01-09T13:02:38.910-08:00Art and Safe Water Update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBagW0Kc91foqqdVNWFckh45jAzGg21uJcvfO0rq_GTRH-D3fLoAIjMY4_za63GS_Q6xWtwQEYiIb67ONTmg5RxQzMt1D1_nKYVIBHIegJjCeOyp2-BmQphSkgwfYTHNZS_BOma_37sBXM/s1600/bataywaterbottle.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBagW0Kc91foqqdVNWFckh45jAzGg21uJcvfO0rq_GTRH-D3fLoAIjMY4_za63GS_Q6xWtwQEYiIb67ONTmg5RxQzMt1D1_nKYVIBHIegJjCeOyp2-BmQphSkgwfYTHNZS_BOma_37sBXM/s400/bataywaterbottle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535054650935534370" border="0" /></a>We did it! I'm delighted to tell you that, thanks to the generosity of my blog readers, we reached our goal of raising $3,000. to help buy pipe to bring safe drinking water to Batey Libertad. This community of Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic asked my son Colin's service group to help them buy the plumbing supplies, so that they could lay pipe from a clean water reservoir to their village. Colin and his UVM professor raised the rest of the sum needed, and we can now send the Batey Libertad the money they need to make a real change for the better in their lives. During Thanksgiving break, Colin and I will be visiting the Batey Libertad, where we'll paint, take photographs, and help with the project. Thanks again to all of you who donated--your gift is much appreciated by these deserving folks!<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Photograph Colin Arisman<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Update on the Safe Water project:</span> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">We had a great trip to the DR and the Batey. Colin and I delivered the funds we'd raised, and the community is now at work with </span><span style="font-size:100%;">an engineer to design an effective water delivery system. </span><span style="font-size:100%;">We stayed busy taking <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets/72157625397396935/">photos</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">,</span> <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets/72157625634301318/">painting</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span>and exploring some of this beautiful country. I hope to get back there soon!</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /><br /></span>Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-38504559393567186312010-10-14T19:08:00.000-07:002011-01-09T13:28:41.482-08:00Art and Safe WaterI'm teaming up with my son Colin to help Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic bring clean, safe water to their community. We've set a goal of raising the $4,800 they need for plumbing pipe by the end of November. <span style="font-weight: bold;">I'm donating the sale of the nine paintings (painted plein air in the Bahamas and Oregon last year) at a discounted price to help bring water to the Batey Libertad. </span>Please email me at sa@susanabbott.com to reserve a painting. Thank you for sharing the gift of clean, safe water!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiInzeX-gDBXGBM_7tIEZPdJgKToo9_-x5CAgLq0RoIB16SWtVj2xeCqrdxt50WQIsJfou7J_46g7GM3eRhre8BguzteuIrKpAEX8rA9LbSoa6Z2DEBTq5B4APEVjfn2keV3JwzV81unn/s1600/roofaandskyhopetown.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiInzeX-gDBXGBM_7tIEZPdJgKToo9_-x5CAgLq0RoIB16SWtVj2xeCqrdxt50WQIsJfou7J_46g7GM3eRhre8BguzteuIrKpAEX8rA9LbSoa6Z2DEBTq5B4APEVjfn2keV3JwzV81unn/s400/roofaandskyhopetown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528092929015395170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Roofs and Sky</span>, 8" x 8", watercolor, </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >SOLD</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-53528163939572556142010-08-17T19:47:00.000-07:002010-08-17T19:53:34.382-07:00West Branch Gallery Exhibit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB63x9l40KExOk23lIL2r3Ekic-JmOlFYBHbBwiOz8ivx_CrZZVbrANa0sb4jx_xWbNnjzdxT-LnbgVELGlqZbws0Usz8LBnWD5y0f9xnnQen7HabO2K54yJI1efWt9gqRQFe0AD8Ix3Qn/s1600/motelon302web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB63x9l40KExOk23lIL2r3Ekic-JmOlFYBHbBwiOz8ivx_CrZZVbrANa0sb4jx_xWbNnjzdxT-LnbgVELGlqZbws0Usz8LBnWD5y0f9xnnQen7HabO2K54yJI1efWt9gqRQFe0AD8Ix3Qn/s400/motelon302web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506576476968799858" border="0" /></a>My new <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets/72157624548586528/">multi-panel landscape paintings</a> will be included in the exhibit "Fresh Air" at <a href="http://www.westbranchgallery.com/westbranchgallery/About_Us.html">West Branch Gallery</a> in Stowe, Vermont. If you're in the area, please come to the opening on Saturday, August 28th, 2010, 6-8 pm!Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-48024353508021554432010-08-14T20:48:00.001-07:002010-08-15T12:26:33.790-07:00Web Articles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9otvdXmonGPIZlGq04MWS96AnfMl-ZYqru9U7aq4-IcJgHFAatdtMZPwJgF8hCcn12dDsklaxYrVAUfRvV3rbFI9SPDkEYi4gOYzXogvAufiQ1e-kJhC1Xtpfa3rtTtzmhNFqgBC9oZfp/s1600/lowtideoceanside.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9otvdXmonGPIZlGq04MWS96AnfMl-ZYqru9U7aq4-IcJgHFAatdtMZPwJgF8hCcn12dDsklaxYrVAUfRvV3rbFI9SPDkEYi4gOYzXogvAufiQ1e-kJhC1Xtpfa3rtTtzmhNFqgBC9oZfp/s400/lowtideoceanside.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505478817236083986" border="0" /></a>"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Brush-Paper-Water</span>", a blog that profiles painters working with watercolor, has a <a href="http://brush-paper-water.blogspot.com/">feature</a> on my painting this month.<br /><br />Also check out an <a href="http://emptyeasel.com/2010/05/25/susan-abbott-watercolor-paintings-that-pop-with-color-and-detail/">article</a> about my painting on the blog "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Empty Easel</span>".<br /><br />"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Daily Painter Review</span>" also has something about my work <a href="http://www.dailypainterreview.com/2010/05/susan-abbott.html">here</a>.Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-31264509244502920932010-08-01T17:00:00.001-07:002010-08-01T17:08:16.291-07:00Southern Vermont Arts Center Exhibit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1jV1QBZ-R1axpBkMO8cP_OQTogNkUns4fEZ_AjXYAH_NU2ELJEEyzSdQzBX_p6XBI6gA-h1imn0NcoEB0pcI2SXP6qzN15aV9WoY0dvc9XAn7ZZU1JjX3nqPkbemKtsLgmB9BW-Vv36q/s1600/2abbott_vineyardgrapesprovence.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1jV1QBZ-R1axpBkMO8cP_OQTogNkUns4fEZ_AjXYAH_NU2ELJEEyzSdQzBX_p6XBI6gA-h1imn0NcoEB0pcI2SXP6qzN15aV9WoY0dvc9XAn7ZZU1JjX3nqPkbemKtsLgmB9BW-Vv36q/s400/2abbott_vineyardgrapesprovence.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500595940678880946" border="0" /></a><br />My exhibit of watercolors and oils inspired by Provence (and one nocturne from Paris) will be featured at the <a href="http://www.svac.org/july_abbott.html">Southern Vermont Arts Center</a> in Manchester from July 24th to August 4th. Please <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets/72157624571437048/">click here</a> to view my show online.Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-2160757444551280692010-07-26T19:32:00.000-07:002010-07-26T19:40:23.453-07:00Art of Action project finale<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxAB-o0Pu6RcDHQ1dlgxfMi_GUcMmBAuL4wzjAYILTW0xJe1xEL2UmyMUghnAyzfBqRedEBTILCBkUjTnKBALbN6vXuv33441rYwMGs_9SlNMzVtrP_ziZkVHF5BeKF5T8yO-9jg_ydcR/s1600/aofashow.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxAB-o0Pu6RcDHQ1dlgxfMi_GUcMmBAuL4wzjAYILTW0xJe1xEL2UmyMUghnAyzfBqRedEBTILCBkUjTnKBALbN6vXuv33441rYwMGs_9SlNMzVtrP_ziZkVHF5BeKF5T8yO-9jg_ydcR/s400/aofashow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498408643269358386" border="0" /></a>The <a href="http://www.vermontartscouncil.org/CurrentProgramsInitiatives/TheArtofAction/tabid/98/Default.aspx">Art of Action </a>finished it's year-long tour of Vermont with a July 17th exhibit and auction in Burlington. It's been an honor to be included in this ambitious and unique project that invited ten artists to weigh in on the future of our home state. You can see my series of paintings "The Elements of Place" <a href="http://www.susanabbott.com/artofaction/index.html">here</a>.Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-78315222770512658712010-07-20T21:19:00.001-07:002010-07-20T21:23:23.994-07:00Collector's Wall<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfMuvSQOTcLR0EUQs3yQsR2Zr4lcy6crKVIVUisasa9lQ8ncKaebP3Oy39GKhgd1_scGhQ7BfMTJ5_-mdKl8PKw15nHNdNjAuEnvV9MlElsEFJjIKp0hWYKwJlDlJjG_hgjUMvWHpXCGx/s1600/gorlinwall.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfMuvSQOTcLR0EUQs3yQsR2Zr4lcy6crKVIVUisasa9lQ8ncKaebP3Oy39GKhgd1_scGhQ7BfMTJ5_-mdKl8PKw15nHNdNjAuEnvV9MlElsEFJjIKp0hWYKwJlDlJjG_hgjUMvWHpXCGx/s400/gorlinwall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496209580528597218" border="0" /></a>A steady collector of my "journal paintings" created a wall of landscapes and still lifes that she framed identically--an effective presentation that brings back many memories for me.Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242569673267250735.post-72270250455197585932010-05-03T02:08:00.001-07:002010-05-17T16:43:05.980-07:00In Madrid and Barcelona<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxva8m82sLV_eVS0Jp7oxe0JFaKGXSeMOn8-Ni4JYAk731S-JPF0Fvz01QQnSZFQbb9BuTD76QgU_VXEBcaDjG1UHMPkdJ6AaZiZfSsBkePH6hSAxhFSBegGdxGlRddDk9WXrxByZdXVLO/s1600/mesketching.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxva8m82sLV_eVS0Jp7oxe0JFaKGXSeMOn8-Ni4JYAk731S-JPF0Fvz01QQnSZFQbb9BuTD76QgU_VXEBcaDjG1UHMPkdJ6AaZiZfSsBkePH6hSAxhFSBegGdxGlRddDk9WXrxByZdXVLO/s400/mesketching.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466968250429888466" border="0" /></a>I've thoroughly enjoyed seeing Spain for the first time, from the rural western small towns and farms of Galicia, to the architectural and design (and eating) wonderland of Barcelona. My ten days in Madrid, exploring the museums, streets and parks of this great city with my camera, sketchbook and watercolors, was a revelation. I can't wait to come back--this time armed with a bit more Spanish!<br /><br />You can see paintings from the trip <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/collections/72157623973863184/"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets/72157623882873474/">here</a>, some sketchbook pages <a href="http://susanabbott.blogspot.com/search/label/sketchbook">here</a>, and photos (of walls and windows--their design and colors really grabbed me) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/collections/72157623973863184/">here</a>.<br /><br />Now on to Paris...Susan Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729773074834731314noreply@blogger.com0