I am excited to be offering 5x7 notecards with my artwork on the front. I have created six different cards with images of my paintings: Columbia Wetlands I, Columbia Wetlands II, Old Friends, Old Cabin, Memories of Cleland, and Howser Spire. They are on beautiful white or cream card stock that has a hand-crafted paper look with matching envelopes and are encased in a protective plastic sleeve.
They are currently available for sale at the Art Gallery in Golden and directly from me. I soon hope to also have them available at other local gift shops.
If you are interested in obtaining them directly from me then please email me at fahrni@cyberlink.bc.ca
Work continues to progress slowly on my current painting of the Bugaboos. Lots of On-Call teaching and dark foggy days ground things to a halt for a while but I am back at it. I hope to have it done before Christmas as I have so many more ideas to put to canvas!
I would love to hear from you. Please post comments or email me.
Landscapes of the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains, Columbia Valley and Wetlands by emerging artist Susan Fahrni.
"Even if you only take a small step every day in a new direction, you will end up in a noticeably different place than if you hadn't moved an inch" http://www.susanfahrni.com
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Artist Statement
I love nature and I love to try to capture it on canvas. Everything I paint means something special to me, whether it’s a scene I’ve tried to capture before it disappears, a view that holds special memories, or a glimpse of a part of our valley that I want to share with others who might not otherwise have access to it. The places I paint are real and as I paint I am ‘there’ be it perched on a mountain ridge, sitting by a lakeshore or standing upon a tussock of grass in the wetlands.
I generally work from photos, however, for me, capturing the images in paint on canvas gives them an importance, value, and even permanence that I feel photography can not.
I begin a piece by drawing key shapes on the canvas then washing a thin layer of paint on to block in the major features. I then start working from the background making my way forward envisioning what is behind and hidden by each slope, tree, etc. before I paint it. For me this working in layers gives each scene its veracity and depth.
Sunlight and its effects fascinate me. I have always admired the stained glass of medieval Europe and I love the way the sun illuminates it and shares the coloured glow with the world below. It is a man-made tribute to God and the world He created. However, His work cannot be surpassed as sunlight gives life and purpose to the colours of the real world giving them an “unearthly” glow.
When my work is going well, I feel a sense of awe and wonder and a thankfulness that I have been allowed to capture and recreate our beautiful world. Having said that, I am not certain how it happens and feel that I’ve been witness to magic as the work paints itself having merely allowed me to mix the colours and hold the paintbrush.
As I work, in my mind I see the birds and insects, feel the warmth of the sun, the caress of a breeze, and hear the rustle of leaves, the buzz of insects, the chirp and call of birds. I am transported to whatever scene I am trying to capture.
I have come to realize that my art represents who I am: passionate, realistic, yet orderly and a stickler for detail, and very ‘down-to-earth’.
I generally work from photos, however, for me, capturing the images in paint on canvas gives them an importance, value, and even permanence that I feel photography can not.
I begin a piece by drawing key shapes on the canvas then washing a thin layer of paint on to block in the major features. I then start working from the background making my way forward envisioning what is behind and hidden by each slope, tree, etc. before I paint it. For me this working in layers gives each scene its veracity and depth.
Sunlight and its effects fascinate me. I have always admired the stained glass of medieval Europe and I love the way the sun illuminates it and shares the coloured glow with the world below. It is a man-made tribute to God and the world He created. However, His work cannot be surpassed as sunlight gives life and purpose to the colours of the real world giving them an “unearthly” glow.
When my work is going well, I feel a sense of awe and wonder and a thankfulness that I have been allowed to capture and recreate our beautiful world. Having said that, I am not certain how it happens and feel that I’ve been witness to magic as the work paints itself having merely allowed me to mix the colours and hold the paintbrush.
As I work, in my mind I see the birds and insects, feel the warmth of the sun, the caress of a breeze, and hear the rustle of leaves, the buzz of insects, the chirp and call of birds. I am transported to whatever scene I am trying to capture.
I have come to realize that my art represents who I am: passionate, realistic, yet orderly and a stickler for detail, and very ‘down-to-earth’.
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Purchasing
To purchase any of the paintings shown in my blog, please email me at susan.fahrni@gmail.com
I also offer 5"x7" notecards of most of my paintings as well as a number of prints in either a 11"x14" or 8" x 10" format.
For more information as to which paintings are available in which format and for pricing, please email me at the above address.
I also offer 5"x7" notecards of most of my paintings as well as a number of prints in either a 11"x14" or 8" x 10" format.
For more information as to which paintings are available in which format and for pricing, please email me at the above address.
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