Gallery - Art from Susan Reynolds Studio

Gifts from the Earth - a bright scenic landscape

Please note Change in availablity of Original

A high horizon in the painting Gifts from the Earth allows the viewer's eye to focus on the bounty of soft blues, yellows and lavenders in floral shapes nestled in a vintage wood wagon in the foreground.

A kiss of sunshine bathes the weathered grey wood and rusty wheels and we wonder whether horses drawing the wagon left it here or if the placement reveals something about the owner of the land we approach by a gravel roadbed beyond.

Tempted to linger on the bright flowers in a sea of green fields, our gaze moves past the wagon towards a hill and wooded horizon to a clear blue sky and promise of things to come.

Gifts from the Earth is a mixed water-media piece created in 2005 to aid Gulf coast residents recovering from natural disasters.

Through your purchase of prints and other pieces from the Gifts from the Earth you will be assisting those in need.

100 Percent of the artist's income from this project will be donated to Catholic Charities, Salvation Army and Best Friends Animal Society organizations and earmarked specifically for Kristina relief.

-Recipient decisions were made with the help of charity watch

• The original of Gifts from the Earth is available matted and framed for $975  Purchased 12-10 - thank you for your support
• Prints taken from the original image are available through the studio in a hand signed and numbered limited edition of one hundred. 81 currently available
• Matted with an 8 by 10 inch opening to fit an 11 by 14 inch frame they are priced at $95 each matted in acid-free materials.
• Prints are also available with a coordinating frame, priced at and $195.

Gifts from the Earth is also available on Porcelain Ornaments / Keepsakes, Tiles, postcards and more at the Gulf coast Good Works section of Susan Reynolds' Art Gift Gallery.

More about this project available in this Artsy Asylum blog entry

Catch the Sun - Water Media and Mixed Media

Catch the Sun is an original mixed media piece which was created using inks - and the kitchen sink - on Aquarius II watercolour paper.

The piece itself grew in a curious series of self-steps as if the work was leading me in the direction it wanted to go - not unlike most of my more contemporary pieces. Maybe it should be said that it "grew itself," since that's accurate too.

This scene began to look - to me - like some sort of alien flower which found a home nestled between rocks in the high desert, nurtured by bouts of snowfall and days full of sun. As soon as that became clear to me I encouraged the details to go in that direction.

The original piece is out on approval to a collector's home. It is  priced at $875

It will most likely be have a final agreement on a new owner this week. As that status changes the notice will appear here.

Prints are available through the studio in hand signed and numbered limited edition of one hundred.

Matted with an 8 by 10 inch opening to fit an 11 by 14 inch frame they are priced at $95 each matted in acid-free materials.

The prints are also available with a coordinating frame, priced at and $195.

Shipping and insurance are paid by the collector. Hand delivery and installation can be arranged in the Washington DC area on a case by case basis.