Painted Today

Siberia at night

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:01:00 +0000

This is a watercolor that started out as a daytime painting of the Altai Mountains. I wasn't sure of the overall shape , which should have been long and thin so I painted a different one. Then I took this one and made it night time and also used it for my Christmas card in 2009.

FROG ON A CAN

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:57:00 +0000

PENNSYLVANNIA DUTCH DAY

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:55:00 +0000

This is the large finished painting. It was 20 X 36 inches and started as a watercolor with some gouache added.

Angel on My Window Sill

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:46:00 +0000

This is a small 5X7 watercolor of a little Christmas ornament my Aunt gave me many years ago. I liked the colors in it as it was clear plastic but had an iridescent shine. I destroyed that by putting it in a plastic bag for storage. But I still liked it and so wanted to paint it.

FOG RISING

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:53:00 +0000

This is a new picture I just finished for a collector. It is a pastel done on a black piece of drawing paper. I love the steamy fog rising from the water. Prints are available.

Amish Buggy

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:43:00 +0000

This is a small section of a larger watercolor. It was done on Watercolor paper and is watercolor and gouache.

Buggy in the Snow

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:37:00 +0000

This was done as a demo in a class. I was trying to show how you can do a interesting wash and then paint something into it . This can create and exciting painting. I love the way this ended up. i think I captured the feeling one would have out alone in a buggy with snow all around.

Amish Boys

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:24:00 +0000

This is a small watercolor

about 6 X 9. After I finished

it looked so washed out

that I went back it with a

really bright electric blue

was in the sky to add a more

dramatic lighting effect.

Tundra Swans flying over the Accomac Inn

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:18:00 +0000

I just love

this painting.

This print doesn't

show the lovely

colors. I use to

paint from my boat

on the Susquehanna

River. It was a

watercolor. The

original has been

sold but I do have

prints available.

WINE AGING AT ALLEGRO WINERY

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:00:00 +0000

This image was done in pastel for the label of Allegro Vineyards in Brogue, PA. Owner Carl Helfrich asked me to design a label for this years Cadenza Wine. Cadenza is a dry red wine that is not made every year because it is dependent on the harvest. Carl sent me some beautiful photos his wife had taken and we both thought this was a different approach to this year label. Carl usually has a local artist work on the project so I was thrilled he asked me to do it. I will post the finished label as soon as I see it and also drink a glass or two to toast the project.

FOG RISING

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:18:00 +0000

This is a pastel that measures about 16 X 20. It was done for a client that liked my old business card and wanted to purchase the original which is already sold. The business card is the one that has my Fly Fishing painting on it. The Fly Fishing, was a small watercolor using slightly different color and with the fisherman in a different pose. I changed it and did it in pastel because I thought I could get the fog to really look like mist rising from the water. I did this by spraying the background with a fixative, then I place some white pastel at the waterline and used my fingers to push the white chalk up into the trees. I was so pleased with it that I am now working on a series of pastels that are some what similar. I am thinking of doing some cattails, some birds and a deer but not in the same picture. Stay tune to see what happens.

Michael's Frog

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:23:00 +0000

Michael's frog is a painting that was purchased many years ago. It was painted originally in oil but as the picture became lost I repainted it, over the original, in acrylic. This was a very large painting maybe 54 inches high by 40 wide. I have since painted several frogs because I just love them.

PENGUINS FRIENDS

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:18:00 +0000

This is a pastel I did last year of some friendly penguins. I did a lot of research to find several penguins in different views. The original is about 10 inches high by 40 inches long. I still have it in my studio, just because I love it.

Conoy House in the Snow

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:01:00 +0000

This is a commissioned pastel of a log house in Elizabethtown, PA. Jim Showers the owner had seen my print of the Hans Herr House and wanted me to do his house like that one. I had done that at night and in the snow. I like the little side element that is silhouetted on the left side of the house. Jim has a lot of unusual artifacts about his home

LOOK AT THAT!

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:54:00 +0000

This is a small painting taken

from the cover of a daily

prayer book I received.

I was sitting at a show

with my little watercolor

pad and started it in

watercolor. Later at

home I used some colored

pencils just about everywhere.

LANCASTER FARMLAND

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:49:00 +0000

I just love the colors in this painting. So much that I am working on a long thin one with cows in it. Actually the day I was out there photographing there were a lot of cows laying around. It is a watercolor and about 9 by 12 inches.

Joan Bremmer

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:33:00 +0000

My friend Joan died several years ago. Her husband George commissioned several of these pastels for family members.

Jack and Jill

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:29:00 +0000

Here is another picture I started about 20 years ago and have just completed. It is watercolor on illustration board.

Hummingbird with Red Flowers

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:23:00 +0000

I started this with watercolor

and then went in with

some colored pencil.

The original is about 6 by 9

and is available also in prints.

Jelskis Star Frontlet Hummingbird

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:11:00 +0000

Here is a rather small watercolor

I did of a hummingbird. I had done

the background last year and liked

it but couldn't decide what would

look nice in such a busy background.

I thought a bird that was dark might

work. I am pleased with the results

and might try the technique again.

Pen and Ink of Lancaster General Hospital

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:04:00 +0000

This is a pen & ink I did for the hospital. They framed some prints and then made it into note cards to give to volunteers. It is a view of their new wing completed recently.

Star Barn rear View

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:56:00 +0000

Her is one of the watercolors of the star barn which has more detail in it. Getting the star to show but not ruin the entire view of the building was difficult. I also used some colored pencil in the planks on the barn. Prints are available in 8X10's and 16 X 20's.

Fish in Cement

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:01:00 +0000

This was done for a dear client and friend of mine. It weighs a ton. I like the finished results. I painted it several times before I liked it.

Ducks over the Star Barn

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:41:00 +0000

I had painted three Star Barn before I painted Ducks over the Star Barn. Those paintings had a lot of detail

in the building. This painting was an attempt to do the Star Barn, in watercolor using the paint in a more fluid way. I was very pleased with the outcome. I still have the original, which is an 9 inches by 12 inches.

It is also available in 8X10 or 16 X 20 print.

Boy with the Butterfly

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Satterfield) — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:00:00 +0000

This was a very small

painting about

4 by 6 inches.

It was done in

watercolor about

a year ago. I was

thinking of my

son, David when

I drew the boy.

He was always

so happy and

thrilled with the

things around us.