Resilience

In the photo used for this portrait, I saw resilience to mean a kind of endurance. An endurance against many many realities as a vision developed in this man. Resilience made me think of stubbornness and determination, but also too, that it can be a long and difficult journey to attain the wisdom of this trait.

Checking e-mail

Monday ritual. Daily ritual. Hourly ritual... Check the e-mail. Check the social media. What did you miss? What is happening? Everyone wants to know!

have a great day!

Cranondrum

Puzzling and perplexing but so very interesting... sometimes the point isn't the answer, but the journey to get there.  None of these paintings have ended as cleanly planned as they began.  The rumination and curiosity are what have moved the paint.

Sister Crancy

This is a female Neandertal skull.  The original working idea for this painting was "Sisters Crancy, Lucy, Barbie; Eve Left Town", and I had the cranberries as a bow over the teardrop hole. It was snarky and fun and pushed some boundaries.  However, as I began to paint, this skull from the deep past became an individual, with a very puzzling if not conflicting connection, but still, she must have been somebody.  Did she speak? Did she have children? Did she love? Did she mourn? There is a number tattooed on her cheek bone which I did not include.  It seemed to me instead she needed an acknowledgement of her existence, her presence, her fate; it seemed to me she deserved a crown.

take home el Presidente

http://dpwnews.blogspot.com/2014/10/dpw-spotlight-interview-suzanne-paddock.html

What a treat to be interviewed by Daily Paint Works! it will be a link on the top of their site until next Friday.  The fun part is I am giving away "el Presidente"!  Click on the link above to read the interview and get your name in the drawing.

Happy Friday!

Ambition

If nothing else, this man was ambitious.  How else did he get from a house in the woods to The House in DC?

My photography is not on a par with my painting skills.  I have a new camera I am still trying to figure out~ my apologies. Thankfully, my next exhibit is in November and you are more than welcome to visit my paintings "for reals". Opening reception 5 - 8 PM, November 7, in the Upfront Gallery at the Academy of Fine Arts, 600 Main Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504.  The show will include some of the latest pieces from "All My Abes" as well as a selection from the cathartic "Pops" series. Hope to see you there!

St. Crancis

Craniums and Cranberries~ what is saintly? what is sacred? what is human?