Art by Suzanne
Mount Desert Island from Sullivan
Most of my paintings are very small. They run from around 2.5 x 3 inches to 9 x 13. My house is tiny and I don’t have a studio, so this works for me. I paint in watercolor most often, not only because it is magically beautiful and very versatile, but also beause it is so portable and easy to start and then come back to without a lot of clean-up. I sometimes paint in gouache, acrylics and oils as well. To see all my work, scroll down. Images expand.
Landscapes and Nature Scenes
Somewhere Point, watercolor
This is a typical Maine coastal scene, done in watercolor with just a little gouache for the foam on the waves and the driftwood.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Green Lake Sunset, oil
This is the view in winter from Cattail Cottage on Green Lake
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Cottage Road, watercolor
This is my road, Cottage Road, and how it looks on a sunny fall day.
Available as a 5 x 7 print
Reflection, watercolor
The spruces, firs and pines, typical of many Maine islands, reflected in calm early morning waters.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Fox in Snow, watercolor and gouache
In this wintery scene, the snow on the ground was left mostly as white paper, as is traditional with watercolor painting, but the snowflakes were done in gouache.
Available as a 5 x 7 print
Island Trees, watercolor
Another morning scene. The water is still calm enough to reflect the trees on this small uninhabited island.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Mount Desert Island from Sullivan, watercolor
This is the view from my friends Bonnie and Hugo’s place in Sullivan. You can see Mount Desert Island across the bay.
Available as a 6.5 x 9 print
Moonrise Over Long Cove, acrylic
This painting was done in acrylics. It was inspired by one of the many Long Coves in Maine.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Crabtree Neck Woods Trail, water color
This was painted from a photo I took while out walking on the Crabtree Neck Land Trust trail behind the cottages
Available as a 5 x 7 print
Sullivan Harbor and MDI, watercolor
This is another view of Sullivan Harbor looking toward Mount Desert Island.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Summer Reflections, watercolor
A somewhat dreamy landscape in a more illustrative style, I don’t know where this is, but I’ve been there a million times.
Available as a 6.5 x 9 print
Silouettes, watercolor
Dramatic Silhouettes of Spruce trees against the evening sky just after sunset.
Available as a 6.5 x 9 print
Moonrise on Somewhere River, watercolr
This painting was done in a somewhat more whimsical style, which is where I have the most fun.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Winter Sunset, Green Lake, watercolor
Late winter on Green Lake. The snow is starting to melt. The soft evening sunlight lasts a little longer, and Spring is around the corner.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Somewhere Pond, watercolor
A fantasy landscape, but still based on places in Downeast Maine. This was originally done as an illustration for a greeting card.
Available as a 5 x 7 print
Sunset Island, watercolor
I like the soft reflective light on the water at sunset when the breeze calms. I guess that’s why I keep painting it.
Available as a 5 x 7 print
First Snow on the Point, watercolor and gouache
In this painting, the mountains in the background are inspired by one of my favorite places on Earth. The islands are like many Maine Islands and of course there are “Points” all over the place here. So this is an imaginary place on an imaginary evening, inspired by real places and real events, in Downeast Maine.
Available as a 5 x 7 print
Jellison Cove, Hancock Point, watercolor
This is one of my favorite places to walk to from my house. I’ve painted it a couple times. In this painting, you can see Sullivan Harbor across the water.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Lupines on the Bay
AA view of Sullivan Harbor when the lupines are in bloom.
Flowers
Lilacs
Lilacs, one of my very earliest tiny acrylics. The original is 2.5 x 3, but it looks great a little bigger in a mat whose outside dimensions are 5 x 7.
Available as 3.5. 5 print
Late Summer Flowers
These are Cosmos, Daisies and Black Eyed Susans, all of which can be found in late summer in Maine. It’s a tiny painting done in acrylics.
Available as a 3.5 x 5 inch print
Summer Bouquet
AKA “Flower Color Mash-up” was created while testing paint colors, it just happened! Acrylics.
Available as a 3.5 x 5 inch print
Red Flowers
Another early one. I think these are Begonias, Watercolor
Available as 3.5 x 5 inch print.
Delphiniums, watercolor
Delphiniums, painted in the New York City Botanical Garden, watercolor
Available as a 3.5 x 5 inch print
