Perfect Picnic Places
My parents, especially my mom, taught me to love picnics! Before I was of school age, on the first warm day of spring Mom would exclaim,...
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Sue Hand
Jun 153 min
It's a Salad Bowl!
Before American art became a force in the world of painting, subjects tended to be portraits, history, mythology, or architecture. It was...
Sue Hand
May 153 min
May: The Blossoming Month
My mom loved flowers! The rural yard of my childhood InSide the Back Mountain in Franklin Township was never a showplace garden, but it...
Sue Hand
Apr 153 min
Young at Art
I always wanted to be an artist. I experienced my very first art lesson at age 11. I sat in a large room originally used as the front...
Sue Hand
Mar 153 min
Chasing Sunsets
“Look at that sunset!” I yelled and took off running down Jackson Street in Cape May, New Jersey in my much younger days! My daughter...
Sue Hand
Feb 123 min
The Fogs of February
“The fog comes on little cat feet…” wrote American poet Carl Sandburg. Fog can silently envelope a landscape. It can shroud it in...
Sue Hand
Jan 193 min
Outside the Back Mountain
It still lays in layers on the entire floor of Wyoming Valley underneath the Susquehanna River and climbs up the mountainsides, wrapping...
Sue Hand
Dec 15, 20233 min
In the Light of Memories
Aren’t old postcards fascinating? I especially love historical postcards from familiar places. High on my list, of course, are old...
Sue Hand
Nov 16, 20233 min
What’s the Point?
Learning how to draw receding railroad tracks in one point perspective is one of the very first basic lessons for art students learning...
Sue Hand
Oct 19, 20233 min
The Texture of Autumn
According to the artist Willem de Kooning, texture is a word that denotes the events of our lives. If he is correct, then the texture of...
Sue Hand
Sep 14, 20233 min
For the Love of Phthalocyanine
Those of us who remember September 11, 2001 can never forget the intense blue skies of that infamous morning. InSide the Back Mountain...
Sue Hand
Aug 15, 20233 min
Going with the Flow
“Go with the flow!” As a landscape painter, I observe the flow of seasonal and micro-seasonal images. As a lover of flowers, I enjoy the...
Sue Hand
Jul 15, 20233 min
A Brush with Water, Just for Fun
Summertime can be a season when laziness becomes almost respectable. Read a book on the porch. Take a nap in the lawn chair. Stroll in...
Sue Hand
Jun 15, 20233 min
River of the Year
Seated in the bow of Peggy’s Wenonah canoe, I plunged my paddle into the crystalline current of the headwaters of the Susquehanna River,...
Sue Hand
May 17, 20233 min
May, the Season of Promise
I sat quietly, engrossed in some of Mom’s old Ideals magazines which are filled with poetry and beautiful illustrations. That’s where I...
Sue Hand
Apr 20, 20233 min
Hey There, Hop Stuff!
My rabbit collection includes many pieces. There’s an antique porcelain rabbit planter, a nearly three-foot-tall carved wooden rabbit I...
Sue Hand
Mar 24, 20233 min
The Faces of Love
Dogs are said to be our best friends, our closest allies. They symbolize loyalty, friendship, and security. Did you know many famous...
Sue Hand
Feb 21, 20233 min
In the Pink
Did you ever glance out the window as the world outside turns pink? It's one of my absolutely favorite atmospheric moments and I always...
Sue Hand
Jan 16, 20233 min
Snow Verbs and Mediums
Are you familiar with Claude Monet’s color-filled paintings of his neighbor’s haystacks covered in snow? Or his famous snow scene with a...
Sue Hand
Dec 15, 20223 min
Evening Glory
December 24, from morning through afternoon to night time, is one of my favorite days of the year. It begins with our 47-year tradition...
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