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.

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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

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

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Suzanne Becque lives, works, and paints in Downeast, Maine. Surrounded by nature, trees, the ocean and magical views of the islands, she takes her inspiration from what is around her. Her prints are created on a Canon Pixma printer with archival ink. She uses acid free, high quality archival art papers, so these prints should last a long long time without fading or yellowing.

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Phone: 207-214-8730

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Cat and Ukulele

This picture was done in art markers and was inspired by my cat Jack and a dear friend who plays the ukulele. After many years of not painting or drawing, I came back to art with art markers my kids bought me, and then segued to watercolors.

Virgin of Guadalupe, art markers

I go to Mexico a lot and I have Mexican friends here in Maine. One thing I love about the Virgin of Guadalupe is that she is co-opted by the people who love her and she comes in many iterations. I’ve seen her painted with corn and tomatoes, as a White European, as an African, often and often as an indigenous Mexican, with flowers, with animals, and sometimes in less flattering ways. But this iteration of La Virgencita, as she is affectionately called by her people, is for Mexicans and Central Americans in Maine and as such I’ve included a lot of images and details, along with some mythical symbolism that mix all these cultures.

Available as a 6 x 8 inch print

Blue Ridge Mountains

This painting was inspired by a solo road trip my daughter took across the country. I was so proud of her! I followed her on my phone, we talked every day and she sent me many photos.

Available as a 5 x 7 print

Blueberry Cottage, pen and ink and watercolor

I like drawing with pen. It’s permanent; you can’t erase and redo. The flaws and unevenness become part of the picture’s charm. I plan to do a series of all the cottages.

Available as a 5 x 7 print

Solemn Angel, acrylics

I intended to paint this angel as a cheerful being but she insisted on solemnity.

Available as a 3.5 x 5 inch print

Prayer for Peace, watercolor

This was my 2019 Christmas Card

Available as a 3.5 x 5 inch print

Cora’s Faery House, Art markers

Inspired by my daughter’s childhood friend and their adventures on the banks of the Taunton River.

Available as a 5 x 7 print

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