Fresh Paint, Fresh Energy

There is a familiar trope about the angst-ridden artist expressing their inner turmoil through their heartfelt artwork; tears splashing onto sketchbooks, furious brushstrokes depicting the world’s misery

And while it’s true that many artists feel feelings deeply, it’s not the case that customers want doom and gloom paintings hanging on their walls, or that art has to be torturous in its making.

The paintings that I have found most satisfying to work on recently have all been relatively quick to create (by my standards!), not over-thought/over-worked, but fun, focussed and deliberately free in the movement of brushstrokes.

I feel so enthusiastically passionate about Scotland’s wild places, and its big skies, and I hope that joy comes across on canvas. There’s a freshness to this kind of painting that’s almost impossible to fake: you can feel the moment captured in the marks.

This summer has been a busy one for me at art fairs, but when I have managed a day in my studio, it’s been a place of colour and energy. Sometimes the best art comes when you’re not wrestling with it, but dancing with it.

As the American artist Robert Henri once said:

“The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.”

Here’s to more inevitable, joyful, paint-splattered days ahead.

In the meantime, thank you again for your support. It really does mean a lot. You can find me over on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn (links below), or drop me an email any time.

Warmest wishes,

Susie