Here’s what’s on my easel and on my unused Nordictrack this week. You can get a glimpse of my ultra organized studio and the barn out back. It’s a beautiful spot to work in. Virtually finished with these two paintings. I may go back in and mess up the mane a little more, and yellow up the lighter one. I tried to keep loose, and almost succeeded. They do look good from far away 
They are titled “Scenes from a Marriage 2 & 3.”
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I spent the day today with Jodi Miller, a Columbus based free lance photogragher. She met with me at Hobby Farms Magazine’s request to take photos that will go along with an article featuring my equine and animal art. In the photo above Jodi is taking some photos of me by my Amish Work Horse Hitching Post mural at Lehman’s that I completed last year. If you are in the Kidron area be sure to stop in the Buggy Barn at Lehman’s to see the murals. Jodi also spent time on my farm photographing my horses, farm and home studio. Look for the article in the July/Aug issue!Thank you! Sue Steinerequine and animal artist pet and horse portraits
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Yesterday we got a very welcome break from winter. I took my camera out with me when I headed to the barn to feed horses. The sky was crystal clear, the hard frost from the night before still clung to the branches and fences creating this wonderful, lacy effect. I’ll share with you some of the beautiful views around my house and pasture.
The photo of the paint is my amish neighbors farm. I always laugh when my horses gather at the fence and their horses gather at their fence just to stare at each other a while! Yesterday though hunger beat out socializing as everyone was intent on the promise of green grass in the not too distant future.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sue Steiner
equine and animal artist
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This is the Amish farm across from me. I love this bank barn. The lighting in the evening is so pretty. It lights up the broad side of this barn until it draws me like a moth to a flame! I have photographed this barn more times than I can remember. I have painted it a few times too… maybe a new oil painting of this barn is on order…..
‘Work in Progress’ Pet Portrait
I added a few more touches today to my kitten painting. The paint is wet and the glare is hard to avoid so it is not photographing well. It won’t photography well until the paint dries but this can give you an idea of the process. I am now adding more details and dimension, moving past the roughing in stage. I want to do more blending of the fur and bring out the eyes more so I am probably about halfway done.
To see finished work go to http://www.suesteiner.com or for information on pet portraits.
I am also posting a link to some more animal graphic art I did with the help of photoshop. I am using my artwork, paintings, drawings and photos to give a more graphic feel to my cafe press selection. I added this colorful chicken and horse and rider to my pop art animals on http://www.cafepress.com/suesteiner
Here’s one of my equine designs on a tee shirt.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sue Steiner
©Copyright 2008 by Sue Steiner. See original post here.
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I know everyone gets bombarded by ads so I tenatively point out a couple links on this page so people know what is available. So many times I think I am being obnoxious in marketing my art only to find out there are still people I regularly meet, see, live by who don’t know I am an artist! How can this be? Do they not see the paint all over my clothes and hands or the far away look in my eye when the lighting is just so?? Or my camera that is constantly with me and often making me late?? So I point out the pet portraits, horse and animal gifts and t-shirts and print options in the right side bar on this page to remind people I am a working artist! Plus it helps to support my painting habit so I can buy art supplies!
I didn’t get to paint today so I am having withdrawal! I had a nasty migraine and had to deal with service men but still managed to dream about painting whe I layed down to try to get rid of my headache. LOL! Headaches gone, I feel much better and I feel inspired. See what art can do?
©Copyright 2008 by Sue Steiner. See original post here.
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I am considering this daily painting done. I could fiddle some more or just use this as a study for a more complete painting later. I am offering this for sale thru my web site by paypal or at my studio. Oh and by the way, the canvas size is 8 x 8. I’ve done several already on this same size and I am posting it as 6 x 6…. so you can see not only do I get lost driving, I hate to measure! LOL!
This painting is titled
On Amish Time because in
amish country you have ‘
english‘ time frame and
Amish time. Its easy to see who is going by which time frame. On English time you rush from one thing to another, keeping to a tight schedule. English farmers during harvest are most definitely on tight time frames…. but the Amish farm too. They obviously don’t use large farm machinery and can’t farm the same amount of land. They use horses so their
plowing and harvesting take place at a different pace. Who gets more ahead? I guess it depends on your perspective!
I like this
amish scene also because the dad’s often have children with them while they work or run errands. In this painting it may not be obvious but the figure on the right is a teen aged boy. He is in the wagon portion while the bearded dad is sitting on the seat to drive the horses. I used to homeschool my kids while we were on our farm and I enjoyed that aspect of homeschooling and farming the best– the kids got to be an intricate part of our work and our day. I still try to do that. Yesterday for instance my son helped in the kitchen while we baked dessert. I enjoyed that and I know he did too but the opportunities to really work together on a farm are so plentiful as well as necessary. I guess thats the other side of the coin…. child labor!
I guess that brings us back to art… I can choose to create the scene I want to remember which is one of living life in the slow lane!
Take care and thanks for following along.
©Copyright 2008 by Sue Steiner. See original post here.
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‘ Work in progress’ Amish Art
I will have to give you a ‘work in progress’ for today’s post. My guess is I am halfway thru this oil painting. It is small, 6 x 6 on canvas. I want to keep it loose. Right now I am working on values and getting the basic structures in place. I hope to get some more time today but we’ll see how the day goes. I apologize for the glare from the wet paint. The photo is certainly not very crisp but hopefully you can bear in mind this is just a step in the process toward a finished painting.
This scene is a familar one in my neck of the woods. I am familar with this team of horses since they belong to my neighbors. When I paint the Amish I make a point in not detailing faces and strive to make the painting more about a scene, expression or gesture rather tnan about a particular person. I am pretty certain the Amish would prefer it that way too. I have talked with some of my Amish friends and this is what I have gathered from our conversations so out of respect for them I hope to refine a looser, more impressionistic style in my Amish themed art. What I liked about this particular scene is the posture of the people, the slant of the hats, that slant of the wheels and most especially the two horses nuzzling each other. They were in this spot for quite some time and the horses were as patient as can be. One of the things I love about Amish culture is how they have time to talk with each other! As a person who loses track of time often I wish our culture would embrace more of this instead of always rushing off to the next thing to keep on schedule!
I’ve not picked out a title for this yet but it will probably have something to do with not keeping an eye toward the time!
To see finished work go to http://www.suesteiner.com/
Thanks for stopping by and take some time today to just chat! I know I am going to which is probably why this paitning didn’t get finished today!
Sue Steiner
Update: I came back here to upload another image and while doing that came up with a title. This painting will be called ‘On Amish Time’.
©Copyright 2008 by Sue Steiner. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit Sue Steiner’s website.
