Two new Highland Cow canvas prints released this week.

highland cow canvas

‘Glencoe’ new print now available i

highland cow print

‘Banchory’ print available in my online shop

If you're a fan of Scottish Highland Cows, you'll love these new prints! Available on premium fine art canvas in a variety of sizes, these prints are made with high-quality materials that ensure the colors are just as vibrant as the original painting. I had a blast creating these cheerful and fun pieces, and hope that you'll enjoy them just as much!

Some feedback from my painting workshop

2Absolutely brilliant day. Thanks so much Sue for your teaching style is as inspiring and fun as your art which I love. Lots of fun and laughter and art, all the art. 💞💕💞

This is a whole new medium style of painting and size for me, and you gave me the confidence to get stuck in and put my usual doubts away, not to be downhearted if I thought it was going wrong but to stand back and look through fresh eyes. I now know where I need to go to complete my handsome beast and my first set of acrylic paint are on order already. Lol

I couldn't think of any suggestions at the time but I have now... make sure we can book for the next one right there and then... I have now booked for the kingfisher... so you will have to put up with me again 😆”

“Had a brilliant day today learning all about a very different style of painting to my own. Thank you for a great day Sue.

Anyone looking for a fab day learning about painting wherever your imagination takes you should get booked in with Sue”.

Thank you Ian and Kirsty for your beautiful comments, it really made my day! If you want to book on one of my workshops in Leicestershire (Ashby) or Derbyshire (Swadlincote) check the workshop booking page here

There is a two day weekend workshop coming up in October too, for those further afield who would like to have an art mini break!

Painting cows!

While our numbers were depleted due to Covid infections, we had a lovely day at the workshop yesterday. The sun shone and the paint flew!

A Muted Palette

I have been experimenting with mixing some new grey shades for my latest deer and hare portraits. I have always loved mixing greys to use alongside my bright colour palette, as they provide a foil and a chance to rest the eye. Plus they are ever such fun to make, you can make grey in some surprising ways. I would tend to avoid mixing the obvious black and white which we all know about, which would produce a simple but flat mid tone. I have used warm blues, cool reds, viridian, yellow ochre amongst others, to make greyed down mixes that are full of life.

This time I challenged myself to explore greys further using them throughout the pieces, to evoke a calming restful sensation. These paintings are both still in the creation stage but I’ll show you them.

A new woodland painting

I have been begun a series of woodland paintings this year, inspired by my daily walks. We live in the Heart of the National Forest, which is the most amazing regeneration project imaginable. Turning the old mining country from ‘black to green’. Around here there are miles and miles of trees planted on the land that was scarred by the mining industry, with country trails tying it all together. We are very lucky indeed. I’m adding a new page to my website which will showcase these paintings in a series entitled ‘Coming Back to Life’ The first of these pieces recently sold at Ferrers Gallery. This new painting us yet to be named and will be available for sale on this website shortly.

A word of warning about bogus art prints on Amazon

Art Fakes - Copyright Issues

A kind customer contacted me today to show me a fake listing of my work on Amazon. Unfortunately, this is not a new issue, and whenever I have a spare 30 minutes, I report copyright infringements and remove the fake items. It seems to be a never-ending battle but Ill continue to do it. Not only is it thievery from me as they have stolen my image to use for their own greedy purposes. But the most annoying thing is that they produce terrible quality reproductions that are bound to disappoint the innocent purchaser. This is because they don’t have any access whatsoever to my proper high-quality high-resolution files, so the rubbish-quality prints they make are highly pixelated. I hate to see the feedback they get describing poor, blurry images. Of course, they don’t care, they’ve got their money and they couldn’t care less about building a relationship of trust with their customers. They don’t care. But I do, so I’m just letting you know it’s always ok if you want to check in with me if you’re considering purchasing a print and you’re not sure if it’s authorised merchandise. I’ll be happy to take a look and let you know.

fake art prints

This one above is a typical fake. Cheeky devils have even named this ‘The Night of the Rabbit’! The original of this is in fact called ‘Magic by Moonlight’ and is my original oil painting, sold in 2020. I will endeavour to get these people reported immediately.

A new colourful hare painting in progress

Here is a new painting in progress, after the second layer . Ill just add some back lit grasses to complete this one.

A new colourful hare painting in progress. I do enjoy and love hares, which makes them one of my favourite painting subjects.

A gallery visit!

Managed to catch the gallery in a rare quiet time this Saturday, its looking lovely-and I really appreciated the fire! Then it was off to pay a visit to Humphrey and his friend in the field.