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.
Prices
Prints from 5 x 7 to 6 x 9 are $16 and come printed on an 8 1/2 x 11 inch archival photo paper and are packaged with a backing board and inside a protective plastic sleeve. Print size is approximate but most prints frame up well in standard size mats that fit in an 8×10 frame. Ask me if you need to know what size mat to get.
Prints approximately 3 x 5 to 4 x 6 are $7 and are printed on 5 x 7 photo paper and are packaged the same way as larger prints. When matted they fit nicely in a 5×7 frame.
Prints may be mailed. $48 minimum order includes postage and handling. Allow one to two weeks.
Winter Harbor from Grey Road
This is a place I like to go to paint en plein air. It’s a lovely spot in Winter Harbor and I recommend you go there if you’re staying in the area. I’ve painted this scene a couple times. I usually can’t finish a painting before getting tired of sitting on rocks, spilling my water, and dropping my supplies all over the place, so this one was actually done in my little studio from a photo I took there.
Available as a 5 x 7 print
Bog Brook, Franklin, Maine
This painting is of Bog Brook in Franklin Maine. It was done from a photo taken by my friend and sister artist Bethany Preble. I loved the mood in the photo, of the dimming evening sky and the gentle reflections in the barely moving brook.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Blueberry Field with Crows
I used many watercolor layers to get the incredible reds of a blueberry field in the fall. I’ve included rocks, which add lovely contrast and composition, but they are increasingly dissapearing with the use of large machinery in the fields. So this is a wild blueberry field. The crows are coming in to see if they can find a few last dried up berries.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Sorrento Bay
This is a picture of Sorrento Bay after the terrible Storms we had in 2023/2024. The beautiful sunny day and sparkling water belie the massive fallen trees, damaged coast and washed out roads we saw everywhere that day.
Cottage Road
This is my road, Cottage Road, and how it looks on a sunny fall day.
Available as a 6 x8 print
Old Pond, Hancock, Maine
This what they call “Old Pond” it originates from Taunton Bay in Sullivan, where it comes through the Carrying Place and meanders out into the Mount Desert Narrows area. I painted it from a photo I took on a morning walk down the railroad trail the starts across from the Hancock Town Office.
Available as a 5 x 7 print
Green Lake Sunset
This is the view in winter from Cattail Cottage on Green Lake
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Island Trees
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
Little Island Sunset
I’ve painted this Island many times. I’m not sure what it’s called on nautical maps but the locals here call it Little Island. It’s just off the shore in Sullivan and you can see it from Rte. 1 where the road runs close to the water.
Available as a 5 x 7 or a 3.5 x 5 print
Fox in Snow
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
Moonrise over Long Cove
This scene was inspired by one of the many Long Coves in Maine.
Available as a 5 x 7 print
Mount Desert Island from Sullivan
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
Harriman Point, Brooklin, Maine
This was painted from a photo I took while out walking at the Harriman Point Preserve in Brooklin, on the Blue Hill Peninsula.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Sullivan Harbor and MDI
This is another view of Sullivan Harbor looking toward Mount Desert Island. It was painted plein aire from the home of my friends Bonnie and Hugo.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Summer Reflections
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
Silhouettes
Dramatic Silhouettes of spruce trees against the evening sky just after sunset.
Available as a 6.5 x 9 print
Moonrise on Somewhere River
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 Trees, Green Lake
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
Another whimsical little illustration of a lake scene from my imaginagion. The sun is about to rise and birdsong can be heard coming across the water from the island.
Available as a 5 x 7 print
Sunset Island
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
Little Island
This little island is locally known as “Little Island,” though it is not named on maps. You can see it in East Sullivan where US Rte. 1 comes right up to the edge of the bay and crosses Mill Brook. It’s a popular subject for local artists and I’ve painted it several times. If you’d like to see other versions, let me know.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
First Snow on the Point
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
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 across the water to Sullivan.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Lupines on the Bay
A view of Sullivan Harbor when the lupines are in bloom.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Jellison Cove at Low Tide
Another view of Jellison Cove in Hancock, looking over toward the Porcupine Islands, off Bar Harbor. This is mostly watercolor, with a little gouache for the pebbly rocks.
Available as a 5 x 7 print
Golden Forest
Reminiscent of that idylic time in the fall when the cool of nightfall happens early and trees are turning color, but the days are still warm and the afternoons heartbreakingly beautiful.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Autumn Blueberry Field
If you have a hard time believing the fields turn this color in the fall then you need to be here very late in the fall. The time of day and angle of sun does affect the brilliance of the color one sees.
Available as a 5 x 7 print
This is actually an original painting, not a print. It’s for sale for $250. Oils. This is what it looks like framed
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 4 x 6 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 4 x 6 inch print.
Delphiniums
Delphiniums, painted in the New York City Botanical Garden while visiting my daughter. Watercolor
Available as a 3.5 x 5 inch print
Iris Sibirica
Available as a 5 x 7 inch print
Gull on Cadillac
Chickadee
Foxy
Oak Tree
The Moon and Jupiter
This little painting was done in acrylics. It’s an imaginary landscape (but very typical of Maine) under the full moon on a peaceful evening.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Moonlit Night
This is the view from my dooryard on a moonlit night.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Crossing
I did this when I was very young, before I was married as you can see by the initials. And young people seem to really like it. I may do one in color. We’ll see.
Available as a 6 x 8 print
Cat with 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.
Faery Hut
Inspired by my daughter and her childhood friend. They had a secret place in the woods by the banks of the Taunton River where they loved to build fairy houses.
Available as a 5 x 7 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
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
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
This was my 2019 Christmas Card
Available as a 4 x 6 inch print
La Virgen de Guadalupe
This, my first ever painting of La Virgencita, as she is affectionately called by her people, is for Mexicans and Central American immigrants in Maine, so I integrated a lot of images and details from Maine, along with some Mexican and Central American symbolism to reflect her protective spirit, even in a faraway land like Maine.
Available as a 3.5 x 5 inch print
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Another version of The Virgen. I really enjoy painting her in all colors and ethnicities.
Available as a 6 x 8 inch and 3.5 x 5 inch print
Our Lady of Guadalupe
I was running out of inventive names for my Ladies, so I chose one of the more traditional titles I hadn’t use yet.
Girl with Donkey
This could be Mary or any girl who loves a donkey. I like the looser style of this watercolor. I tried to not make it too precious and cute, but the donkey was challenging. Donkeys are always cute.
Tonantzin
Tonantzin is the Mother Goddess figure in the Aztec culture. This is a pretty mild version of her as she often appears with snakes coming out of her head and is sometimes adorned with skulls and a fierce expression. The statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe from which I painted this is located at the entrance to Playa 72 in Playa del Carmen and someone; it’s uncertain if it was the original artist, later added the yellow face markings indicating her relationship to Tonantzin.