Susan’s Stuff Decorates Attire, Home & Other Furnishings

Ready for opera in a
Medici Gardens tie

By Moristotle

I wanted to give my son, cellist Geoffrey Dean, a special tie to wear for performing, so I asked abstract artist Susan C. Price about ties in her More Art in Your Life (And Not Just on Your Walls) web store.

    Voilà, two ties of the “Medici Gardens” design shown here arrived in my mailbox, one for my son and one for me!
    I urge you to visit Susan’s web store and see what’s available. Here are some examples of what you’ll see:

Susan’s Stuff: Mind, Memories & Hips

Detail from “Anxious Magpie”

By Moristotle

Hear this! “Mind, Memories & Hips,” a big art show of the work of Columnist Emeritus Susan C. Price, is underway through October 15 at The Artists’ Gallery (TAG), on Museum Row, at 5458 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. From TAG's website:

Susan Price paints with acrylic and oil sticks on paper and canvas. Her abstract forms come from a figurative base that may or may not be visible, letting the audience dictate the open interpretation. Her work has been featured in juried shows at Barnsdall Park, LA Municipal Gallery, Gallery 825, Laemmle Theaters, and different venues via Women Painters West.
    Price has studied art formally since 1963, at Pitzer College, UCLA, & UCLA Extension, with an emphasis on private workshops. She is involved as a member with Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Women Painters West, and FIG Gallery.

Susan’s Stuff: who raised me

Detail from painting

By Susan C. Price

i include my notes as commentary.

Susan’s Stuff: retirement

Detail from painting

By Susan C. Price

i include my notes as commentary.

Susan’s Stuff: mmmy sharona, blood on their hands

Detail from painting

By Susan C. Price

i include my notes as commentary.

Susan’s Stuff: The story of “Avery, Yar”

By Susan C. Price

Consider before you read this.
    Do you want to change your impression of what you were originally drawn to in a painting? If someone says, “I see a dog in this painting,” it can be very hard to un-see the dog.

Susan’s Stuff: soon to solo at First Independent Gallery

july 18 – august 11
reception for the artist saturday, july 21, 4 - 6 p.m.

By Moristotle

Those lucky enough to be in FIG’s vicinity (Bergamot D2, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404) during the coming four weeks will have an opportunity to see some of Susan C. Price’s paintings up close and talk with her – even maybe drink some wine with her as you converse.
    FIG Director Jeff Gambill observes Susan’s work insightfully in his announcement of her solo show:

Susan’s Stuff: other paintings that i might include

“what lies beneath, a landscape” (detail)

in my first solo show in an art gallery

By Susan C. Price

[Editor’s Note: Three other paintings that are likely to be included in Susan’s first solo show were shown here on March 26. Today we show you four more:]

Susan’s Stuff: getting ready for first solo painting show in a gallery

“diamonds on the...” (detail)

and first sale to someone not family or friend

By Susan C. Price

getting ready for first solo painting show in a gallery. the three paintings below are some of the ones likely to be shown...but you never know

Susan’s Stuff: for december

Detail

tell your children the loud booms are thunder

By Susan C. Price

the painting is large, on two panels, total 60" x 44", 12-2017. the title is from some quote earlier in the year, when a foreign attack appeared imminent.

Susan’s Stuff: for september, #6

moral merit badge, 8.17, 30 x 40, mounted on canvas

By Susan C. Price

6th of 6 new paintings recently “finished”....

Susan’s Stuff: for september, #5

memory lemur, 6.17, 30 x 38

By Susan C. Price

5th of 6 new paintings recently “finished”....

Susan’s Stuff: for september, #4

lil torso, 2017, 10 x 11

By Susan C. Price

4th of 6 new paintings recently “finished”....

Susan’s Stuff: for september, #3

furies & Jefferson, nothing is real, 8.2017, 44 x 30

By Susan C. Price

3rd of 6 new paintings recently “finished”....

Susan’s Stuff: for september, #2

dogs that only i remember, 6.17, 29 x 30.5

By Susan C. Price

2nd of 6 new paintings recently “finished”....

Susan’s Stuff: for september, #1

death sizzle, 7.2017, 9 x 11

By Susan C. Price

6 new paintings recently got “finished,” so of course let’s stuff them on moristotle [one at a time on prime-numbered days over the next two weeks, at the editor’s insistence; he thinks this stuff is “rich...in glorious expression, color, evocation, ARTISTRY!”].

Susan’s Stuff for Day of the Dead

she cries

By Susan C. Price

i love Day of the Dead, i love the decorated skull design and use it now and then in my paintings. (sounds so...lofty, is actually just what i do, like…um sewing or knitting or gardening – hmm, how many folks have i managed to offend with that attitude?)

Susan’s Stuff: thanks, Oscar

“thanks, Oscar” (detail)

with help from a family on vacation in farmland

By Susan C. Price

“thanks, Oscar” was born of a painting that was lifeless, and did not “work.” i placed a loosely painted version of a family-on-vacation-in-farmland photo on top of that and...agonized, painted, painted over, and voila!

Susan’s Stuff: serious painter

“serious painter....” [detail]

the moral equivalent of an elegant math proof?

By Susan C. Price

We are bringing back named recurring columns

Starting in August

By Moristotle

[Note: I’ve decided to refer to myself as “Moristotle.” That is, after all, who I am.]

We have decided to return to naming recurring columns in the sidebar^*. The reason is simple: a number of members of the staff confessed that they needed recurring columns to motivate them to write more things for the blog. And they cited a need for encouragement from me (some called it nagging) to get with it and submit something!