In 2012 I posted an article titled “10 ways to develop your own artistic style”. Many of the points involved seeing other artists’ work and since then I have realized that it may be helpful to talk about how to get other people’s art in front of you. Exposing yourself to more art opens all…
Sail of the Day 36″ x 48″ Oil on Canvas Although the rain is coming from across the hills, that doesn’t stop the sailing. A brief flash of sun in the afternoon lights the sails, and the captains run towards their wooden boats and the race begins. It won’t be long now…Work Boat racing on…
Meeting There is Going to be a Meeting, Acrylic on Canvas, Susan Mains 2013. I know that Monet is the famous one for painting water lilies, but what if he had come to the Caribbean? Surely his soft, pastel hues would have brightened to fully saturated colours, and his shadows would have come alive…
The ultimate of art adventures, the Venice Biennale has for 155 years been the premier art exhibition in the world. Grenada’s artists have not yet had the privilege of representing their country in art at this prestigious event, nonetheless, a contingent of Grenada’s leading artists found their way to Italy to be inspired by the…
A year ago, in very slow economic times, we closed our eyes and made a leap of faith. To take Art and Soul Gallery to another level we expanded our space in Spiceland Mall. The new space is large, welcoming, well lit, modern, cool, and best of all, filled with the work of some…
So of course Susan’s work is the last to come in. Maybe the oil paint was still drying–yes thats it, the oil paint was still drying! See at Art and Soul Gallery now. Remember you can purchase any of these paintings using our 6 month no interest payment…
The sky is violet grey, maybe getting ready to be violent, but a streak of sunshine comes in from the west to illuminate the sails. The sailing continues.
These wooden boats that are raced in Grenada and the Grenadines have a life of their own propelled by the love of the sea by the men and young men racing them. They may not follow the rules of international sailing, but they have a code all their own, often loudly disputed at the end…
While Grenada is a tropical paradise with beaches, palm trees, rain forest, and lushness, it is also an island where real people live. People who like mutton. Thus, goats and sheep are a regular part of the landscape. Not in huge flocks in fields, but by the ones and twos, usually tied to a stake…
I nearly put “rules” in quotations in the title because it comes across a little more hard and fast than I mean it to. There is something to the idea that given infinite options, creativity is limited. Give yourself constructive boundaries and flourish within your bounds. These “rules” are things that I’ve learned over the…
So could it have rained any more on the Saturday of the Grenada Sailing Festival 2013? I suppose so. We may not have had those 5 minute bursts of sunshine that created all the drama in the skies. The sailors didn’t mind the rain, they were wet anyway. And I was wet. I didn’t mind–no…
Susan Mains visits the 49th annual exhibit of the Grenada Arts Council with some children of Berean Christian Acadmey in Grenada
Carenage As Per Your Request The beautiful, mysterious Carenage of St. George’s. Always intriguing, always different, always compelling. Not tired of it yet.
“Harvest” 20″ x 10″ Acrylic “Donkey Darius” 16″ x 12″ Acrylic “Bluggoe Boy” 16″ x 12″ Susan Mains, Little paintings with a local theme The simple ways still exist–still feed the body and the spirit.
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