Susan Hale Seminar

SUSAN HALE!!!!!!That's the finished product above. Rewind a bit, while it was still summer and I was still up in Door County attending painting workshops at Edgewood Orchard Gallery. It is my pleasure to introduce you to the stunning work of Susan Hale. I LUV everything about her approach. I have been introduced to her simplified graphic shapes of color over the last couple of summers, but it was truly amazing to watch her paint over the course of the afternoon. This is how she got underway.

She also begins her work with an 'under-painting' (in the same manner that Shelby Keefe begins, from an earlier chronicle here) and her choice is typically a variation in the red family for that initial layer. Those are her 'caulk-gun-like' cartridges of paint, posing as a still life in the afternoon sun.

My last days on the peninsula were a race between packing up, taking fall foliage photos for my mommy and visiting the various galleries for one final inspirational visit to tide me over till next summer. The Edgewood had this finished and framed piece of Susan's grand-painting style hanging prestigious outside of their garden gallery..... glorious in every way!!! I think of these sort of posts as a special treat for my Art teacher friends and my art appreciators. ENJOY!!!! I can hardly wait for next summer's demonstrations!!!!!