Summer Fog

 Summer Fog

Oil on Wood

20"X16"

Its that time of year again.

Jan's Parlor

 Jan's Parlor

Oil on Wood

6"X6"

It's always about the light.

Into the Breeze

 Into the Breeze

Oil on Wood

6"X6"

Drifting By

 Drifting By

Oil on Wood

24"X24"

End of the Day

 End of the Day

Oil on Wood

12"X12"

Sublime.

Summer Sky, Sails, and Sea

 Summer Sky, Sails, and Sea

Maine memory in a nutshell.

Laundry Day 2021

 

Laundry Day 2021

Oil on Wood

16"X20"

I'm back! Back from Maine and back to painting. 

More to come.

August

August

Oil on Wood

20"X16"

Available for sale online from SusanLandor.com

Summer. It's here.

End of Another Road

End of Another Road

Oil on Wood

24"X24"

Ends are just beginnings of something else.

 I am back where I belong filled to the brim with memories of my dreamy month in Maine.

Morning Row

Morning Row

Oil on Wood

12"X12"

Available for sale online from SusanLandor.com

Rowing and reading and painting and quiet contemplation.  July has been a dreamy month in Maine. 

Friendship

Friendship

Oil on Wood

12"X12"

I have seen this Friendship sail by hundreds of times and it still takes my breath away.  To imagine that this very scene played out over 100 years ago, that people sat where I sit and saw it just as it is today is both reassuring and humbling. Our oldest island friends gathered on our deck this evening for another rollicking time. Grateful for all the years we've shared. Grateful for still being here in this magical place. 

Hillary's Room

Hillary's Room

Oil on Canvas

11"X14"

Dreamy on an island in July in Maine. 

Little Laundry Left on the Line

Little Laundry Left on the Line

Oil on Wood

20"X16"

A squall blew through fast and furiously about an hour ago, just as I was finishing this painting of the Little's laundry left on the line. It's been so hot, all the doors and windows were wide open. Water was everywhere before I had a chance to close them all. Oh what a relief it is. Everything is drying out including the air.  It was a welcome reminder that things change fast around here, and we are not in charge.

Ebb and Flow

Ebb and Flow

Oil on Wood

24"X12"

Available for sale online from SusanLandor.com 

 Is it the time of year, or the time of life?  Or is it reading Susan Orlean's beautiful, "The Library Book" that has me swimming in memories of the past?

Her thoughts on memory and the meaning of life on page 92 and 93 are a reason to read the book, not to mention the bright red cover with gold lettering that beckons from the night stand at bedtime. 

"Our minds and souls contain volumes inscribed by our experiences and emotions; each individual's consciousness is a collection of memories we've cataloged and stored inside us, a private library of a life lived.  It is something that no one else can entirely share, one that burns down and disappears when we die.  But if you can take something from that internal collection and share it – with one person or with the larger world, on the page or in a story recited – it takes on a life of its own."

I am holding that thought as the days come and go like the ebb and flow of the tide that shifts the sands ever so slightly making what was, new again.

Maine

Maine

Oil on Wood

12"X12"

Available for sale online HERE.

There is something reassuring about a house with a history. 

Last to Go

Last to Go

Oil on Wood

20"x16"

Coming and going. Going and coming. From coast to coast and sea to shining sea. My mother always said, "never leave home without a jacket and a swimming suit." Doing as I was told.

End of the Road

End of the Road

Oil on Canvas

24"X30"

SOLD

Finally finished after many iterations over many years. It's already hanging in my neighbor's house, where it belongs. This is their house, and the view we share when riding a bike down the road at the end of the day in August. Summer. On an island in Maine.

Friendship in the Fog

Friendship in the Fog

Oil on Wood

12"X12"
SOLD

Yesterday afternoon the fog suddenly moved in without warning. Everything changed around us; the temperature, the color, the landscape, the sound, the activity, and everyone's mood.  It's as if we were transported to a different place without having to move an inch.

The Day's Laundry

The Day's Laundry 

Oil on Canvas

30"X24"

Laundry blowing in the breeze. Summer. On an island in Maine.

Laundry on the Line

Laundry on the Line

Oil on Wood

12"X12"

SOLD

There's a lot to love about my island neighbors, not the least of which is their superb laundry. Always a visual treat on a sunny afternoon at the end of July.