http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/susanne-clark.html?tab=blog Susanne Clark - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/susanne-clark-1306678412-logo1.jpg http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/susanne-clark.html?tab=blog Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:38:01 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/intaglio-collagraph-printmaking-demo.html I'm packing up today ready for a big printmaking demo to the printmaking students at St Lawrence College in Brockville, Ontario. It appears that there will be more than 30 participants. I'm showing how I create intaglio collagraph prints. You can rea... Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:10:07 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/5-unusual-reasons-to-buy-art.html Some 22 years back I was on my way to my weekly sculpture class in Wellington, NZ when from the car window I saw a painting in the front window of a local Gallery. It was a large, free flowing and colourful work by a NZ painter Shona McFarlane who h... Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:41:37 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/artist-blogs-are-they-written-for-the-wrong-people.html Like many artists I am still trying to find my way with my blog and one thing that I wonder about is am I writing it for the right people. Who do I want to read my blog and what is its purpose' amp#65279 amp#65279amp#65279Many art blogs seem to be... Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:13:41 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/painting-or-printmaking-what-sells-best-at-art-festivals-.html Two weeks ago I exhibited at the Lions Fine Art Show and Sale at the Waterfront Festival in Cobourg, Ontario. I love this show because it's in a beautiful setting right on the beach. I was showing both printmaking and non representational paintin... Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:38:25 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/have-you-lost-your-creative-spirit.html Every now and then I feel creatively a bit lost. I find it hard to get inspired and this means it's harder to get motivated to start working. It's interesting that during these times we say that we have lost our "creative spirit" and that we want t... Thu, 26 May 2011 10:56:07 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/do-reproductions-devalue-the-original-artwork.html Over the last few years I have heard a lot of comments about reproduction prints of artwork devaluing the original paintings. "Why would you want to buy a painting that has a had lots of reproductions made of it'" is the cry, and "I wouldn't want to... Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:20:26 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/art-club-talk-and-soaring-into-the-blue.html Last Friday night I gave a talk to an art society group about my art and printmaking. In the first half I talked about my painting process and showed some photographs. I set up the pictures in Power Point and connected to their projector. The colo... Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:46:16 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/all-that-glitters-is-gold%3f-using-gold-leaf-in-paintings.html After spending quite a lot of time looking at art and thinking about what I really like ... which ended up being art with abstracted figures and faces in it ... I have gone off and started a series of non representational works. I decided to work i... Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:22:27 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/roman-ruins-caravels-a-palace-and-conger-eels.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:14:16 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/toronto-open-studio-event.html 'The past week I have been working on the details of my upcoming Open Studio. I don't know if you have ever been to one or taken part in one but I find them great fun. There is something quite exciting about seeing someone's private space, seeing how... Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:15:22 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/painting-abstracts-in-oils.html Check out my latest blog at http://www.nonakedwalls.blogspot.com Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:44:51 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/toilet-art.html My art is in the toilet! This is not a depressing thing. Actually I feel quite happy about it as where else do people have a few moments alone and time to actually look at art without any distractions. The painting I am talking about is a very vibr...