Back again to share part of the painting life.  September is proving to be exciting and very busy for
me.  I am currently doing a residency at the Parkside Hotel on Humboldt Street for the month
and I am there Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays.  This afternoon I am hanging several pieces
at OneYoga on Menzies Street and my paintings will be there for 2 months.  

September 21 is the opening of ALLSorts, an exhibition with myself Rose Cowles Martin and
Lynda Lombardi.  The show will run for 3 weeks, finishing on October 12, 2018.  

I am currently painting pieces for the Christmas exhibition at Art Rental and hopefully
they will accept them and love them.  

I am also working on a few larger pieces.  The pieces I have for ALLSorts are all "hot off
the press" so to speak and I am excited about the new colours and direction of many of them.
Okay I'd best get to the Yoga studio and start hanging.....enjoy each precious day with the
glorious light of fall.
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Hello everyone.  Some changes in how I promote my paintings.  I am now on Instagram and having
fun hearing from people from all over the world, love it.  I am painting for an artist residency in
September in Victoria at Parkside Hotel.  I will be there 3 days a week, Tuesday-Thursday from
10:00-4:00 and my paintings will be up in the breakfast room for the month.

I continue to send a few pieces to Teichert Gallery in Nova Scotia for their summer crowd
and of course I have some lovely paintings in Victoria at the Art Rental and Sales Pop Up
Gallery on Fort Street.  I also have pieces at Nourish Restaurant in James Bay upstairs
in the coffee shop if you are in the area.  Karen from Art Rental is wonderful about getting
my work out into the community.

I have many new smaller pieces, 8 x 8's and a few 10 by 10's in the studio at Rock Bay Square.
If you are interested in coming by just shoot me a text or email:  Susan@Geddes.ca, phone:
(250) 514-3413.  Enjoy your summer and happy painting, kayaking, hiking and picnicking
​some of my favourite activities.

I finished three new paintings this week and I am working on a diptych and a few smaller pieces.
This week I am back to larger canvasses and the excitement increases.  What will present itself
and where will it lead me....the adventure continues.
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I am now back in my studio at Rock Bay Square and happily painting for my next exhibition
in September at Victoria Arts Council with 3 other artists.  It will be exciting to discover
how time in a different culture has effected my paintings; time will tell. 

I also have paintings at the Art Rental and Sales, Pop Up Gallery on Fort Street.  They
had their grand opening on Thursday evening and it was full of people interested in the
beauty of art.  The address is 833 Fort Street, if you have a chance please stop by.

I have agreed to do a residency at Parkside Hotel on Humbolt Street at the corner
of Blanchard.  It is a gorgeous hotel with a lovely atrium where I will be situated.
This residency is for the month of September and I will be there for 3 days a week.

I will have a busy few months but then again I have so much fun it doesn't even feel
like work......to be continued

Good morning, I am currently in Cuenca, Ecuador awaiting my exhibition titled "Elements".  This
exhibition is opening on February 1, 2018 and will run for one month.  We are having an
opening at Galleria Miguel Ilescas on Calle Larga.  The gallery is beautiful and the family who
operate it are wonderful. 

Some of the photos on this site will be in the exhibition.  If there is anything you are
interested in please send me a note to me Susan@Geddes.ca and we can discuss it.

Take care and enjoy this new year.
Hasta Luego
Susan

A beautiful sunny morning in Victoria and the Victoria Marathon is going on outside my home, so
thrilling to see all those vital runners going by.  It reminds me of how thrilled I feel when I start a new painting and the excitement of choosing the size of the canvas and then the colours and then allowing the painting to flow through.

I have had a few revelations this past year about the practice of painting.  I feel so lucky to be able
to do what I love and to share it with others.  I am in the process of painting pieces for a show in Ecuador that I am having trouble titling.  I wake up in the middle of the night and have a great title but by morning that inspiration has disappeared.  Hopefully this week something will gel but really I still have
a few months to come up with the right one.

Today I am going to the country to do research for tomorrow when I will begin again to 
create physically.  Today I am spiritually communing with nature, she is my muse.  Have 
a lovely Thanksgiving weekend and may it be filled with love.

Hello everyone,  what an exciting painting week I have had.  I feel exhausted tonight but in a good
way.  I finished two small paintings and a large painting and started three others.  I love to work
on more than one canvas at a time for many reasons.

#1.  I am an impatient person and do not like to wait.

#2.  I love to have different painting ideas swirling around at the same time so that 
        when one is percolating or a portion is drying I am able to play on the other canvas.

#3.  I am like a kid in a candy store and sometimes it is good to have choices of 
        what to chose.

I am off to regenerate for a couple of days and then back to the joy of creation.
Have a wonderful weekend one and all.

Good morning, so much water has passed under the bridge since I last blogged, where to start??

Our exhibition in Halifax went very well and from there I travelled to South America to Peru
and Ecuador for two months.  It was a bucket list trip that was finally achieved and exceeded
my expectations.

I have now been asked to exhibit in Cuenca, Ecuador in February of 2018.  I imagine it
is hard for those who do not paint to plan this far ahead but as an artist I must have
the time to create the paintings.  I have now started the series I will present in Cuena
and I am excited to see where the rest of the series will take me.  The exhibition will
take place at Miquel Illescas Gallery in Cuenca, a beautiful space.

I am also involved with a group of local Victoria artists and we are having an exhibition
for the month of September in downtown Victoria at the Victoria Arts Council space
on Fort Street.  We are Group 216, four very diverse artists who work in the same building
on Bridge Street.

I am being inspired by spring at the moment and also exploring painting on paper, which
I don't usually do but I am working through new ideas.  The muse has been with me and
guiding me with colour, shape and texture.

Currently I have a feature at Serious Coffee in Cook Street Village for the month of
April and during the month of May I have a feature at Second Crack Coffee on 
Bridge Street.  Please come and have a look at some new paintings and enjoy coffee/tea
or some wonderful treats. 

I look forward to all comments and please contact me with any interest in my new work.
Happy Easter and Spring to all.
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