Dear Loved Ones,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
I just created a new website today. It's in the infancy stage, but soon I hope to add more to it. The address is http://www.suetrowbridgeart.weebly.com/ . Please check it out.
Love, Sue
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Earthprayers
Dear Loved Ones,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries this week!!
I am working on a new series of 12 paintings called "Earthprayers." They are happy images of a world filled with pure rivers, blooming flowers, joyful people, healthy animals, abundant forests, fruitful fields, and clean skies. I pray for the restoration and preservation of nature in all of its glory as I paint.
Like many of you, I am greatly concerned about ecology. This is one of the ways I can cope with my grief and fears for the earth.
I have limited my pallette to the six tertiary colors (blue violet, blue green, yellow green, yellow orange, red orange, and red violet) plus black and white. All of my colors are clean, which means that there is no brown or gray in them. (I just realized that this is symbolic of my prayers for a clean environment!) I do allow myself to mix my colors with white, but not with black.
The clear colors give the work a Caribbean feel, even though much of my imagery is very Michigan in nature. The canvases are mostly 16"x 20" so the bright colors act like accents in a room and don't feel overwhelming. The walls in our home are lined with them and they bring such joy into our home! I love to live with them and miss them when I take them out of the house to show them.
They are my babies and it's hard for me to adopt them out. I always hope they find good homes.
I hope to post them soon so you can see them.
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries this week!!
I am working on a new series of 12 paintings called "Earthprayers." They are happy images of a world filled with pure rivers, blooming flowers, joyful people, healthy animals, abundant forests, fruitful fields, and clean skies. I pray for the restoration and preservation of nature in all of its glory as I paint.
Like many of you, I am greatly concerned about ecology. This is one of the ways I can cope with my grief and fears for the earth.
I have limited my pallette to the six tertiary colors (blue violet, blue green, yellow green, yellow orange, red orange, and red violet) plus black and white. All of my colors are clean, which means that there is no brown or gray in them. (I just realized that this is symbolic of my prayers for a clean environment!) I do allow myself to mix my colors with white, but not with black.
The clear colors give the work a Caribbean feel, even though much of my imagery is very Michigan in nature. The canvases are mostly 16"x 20" so the bright colors act like accents in a room and don't feel overwhelming. The walls in our home are lined with them and they bring such joy into our home! I love to live with them and miss them when I take them out of the house to show them.
They are my babies and it's hard for me to adopt them out. I always hope they find good homes.
I hope to post them soon so you can see them.
Love, Sue
Monday, January 31, 2011
Mom is Failing Fast
Dear Friends,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries this week!
This weekend we drove through a snowstorm with cars off the road to the left and the right to see my mom who is failing fast. It's a good thing that we did. It was a heartbreaking visit.
This morning I was sitting at the breakfast table crying over my mom and my puppy heard me. He came racing at top speed to jump in my lap and lick my face. He gave me an amazingly sympathetic look. It felt like God was comforting me through my pooch.
It's heartening to know that pure love wins out in the end over anything else. Life really is simple after all.
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries this week!
This weekend we drove through a snowstorm with cars off the road to the left and the right to see my mom who is failing fast. It's a good thing that we did. It was a heartbreaking visit.
This morning I was sitting at the breakfast table crying over my mom and my puppy heard me. He came racing at top speed to jump in my lap and lick my face. He gave me an amazingly sympathetic look. It felt like God was comforting me through my pooch.
It's heartening to know that pure love wins out in the end over anything else. Life really is simple after all.
Love, Sue
Monday, January 24, 2011
Painted Prayers for the Earth
Dear Friends,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries this week!
I am working on a new series of paintings called, "Painted Prayers for the Earth". They are similar in style to the Painted Prayers for Haiti except I am limiting my pallette to the six tertiary colors (red/orange, red/violet, blue violet, blue green, yellow green, and yellow/orange) plus black and white. All of my colors will be clean, which means that none of them will be mixed with brown, gray or black. I will mix them with white though.
I am working on one that I started last Wed. morning. I worked on it for 3 days in a row and took the weekend off to spend time with my family.
It is only about 1/2 way done. When I finish, I will post it for you to see.
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries this week!
I am working on a new series of paintings called, "Painted Prayers for the Earth". They are similar in style to the Painted Prayers for Haiti except I am limiting my pallette to the six tertiary colors (red/orange, red/violet, blue violet, blue green, yellow green, and yellow/orange) plus black and white. All of my colors will be clean, which means that none of them will be mixed with brown, gray or black. I will mix them with white though.
I am working on one that I started last Wed. morning. I worked on it for 3 days in a row and took the weekend off to spend time with my family.
It is only about 1/2 way done. When I finish, I will post it for you to see.
Love, Sue
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Dear Loved Ones,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Yesterday was my birthday and Seth handed me a birthday postcard first thing in the morning with a photo of Dianna Ross and the Supremes on it. He wrote "I love you" on the back. Such joy!
My mom wanted to take Seth and me out for lunch, so we drove to Midland. We played 20 Questions all the way there and back which made the time fly! We ate chicken fajitas at Qdoba's which were delicious! Mom was in good spirits.
When we got home Roger had a lovely card written to me and took me out to the Mapleleaf Inn downtown for a Rueben sandwich. The server was a man in his 50's wearing a feed cap and a salt and pepper beard. He was anxious to please. He got the cook to make a cinnamon fritter for me and scrounged up a candle so I could make a wish.
It was a lovely birthday!
This morning I found over 40 happy birthday wishes on my facebook page which was a huge surprise! Seth didn't think I would remember to thank people, so he made a thank you message for me! Of course I had to write my own as well.
We got good news from the Dr. about Seth's medical tests and that is the best birthday gift a mom could ever want.
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Yesterday was my birthday and Seth handed me a birthday postcard first thing in the morning with a photo of Dianna Ross and the Supremes on it. He wrote "I love you" on the back. Such joy!
My mom wanted to take Seth and me out for lunch, so we drove to Midland. We played 20 Questions all the way there and back which made the time fly! We ate chicken fajitas at Qdoba's which were delicious! Mom was in good spirits.
When we got home Roger had a lovely card written to me and took me out to the Mapleleaf Inn downtown for a Rueben sandwich. The server was a man in his 50's wearing a feed cap and a salt and pepper beard. He was anxious to please. He got the cook to make a cinnamon fritter for me and scrounged up a candle so I could make a wish.
It was a lovely birthday!
This morning I found over 40 happy birthday wishes on my facebook page which was a huge surprise! Seth didn't think I would remember to thank people, so he made a thank you message for me! Of course I had to write my own as well.
We got good news from the Dr. about Seth's medical tests and that is the best birthday gift a mom could ever want.
Love, Sue
Monday, December 27, 2010
Dear Loved Ones,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Christmas morning was magical! Seth got a look of surprise and gratitude on his face when he opened the humble gifts he requested for Christmas. It reminded me of when he was 7 years old and the Easter bunny brought him a live baby rabbit for Easter. I love it when I get such precious moments to store away in my memory!
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!
Christmas morning was magical! Seth got a look of surprise and gratitude on his face when he opened the humble gifts he requested for Christmas. It reminded me of when he was 7 years old and the Easter bunny brought him a live baby rabbit for Easter. I love it when I get such precious moments to store away in my memory!
Love, Sue
Monday, December 20, 2010
Dear Loved Ones,
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries!
A week ago, Seth had a snow day and he got up out of bed to play fox and geese with me!!! Of course, I was always "it!" He's impossible to catch.
Then we decorated the tree and house for Christmas to the tunes on Nat King Cole's Christmas album.
As a finale, we baked Scottish shortbread and ate it while it was still warm from the oven. YUM!
I love being a mom!!!!
Love, Sue
God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries!
A week ago, Seth had a snow day and he got up out of bed to play fox and geese with me!!! Of course, I was always "it!" He's impossible to catch.
Then we decorated the tree and house for Christmas to the tunes on Nat King Cole's Christmas album.
As a finale, we baked Scottish shortbread and ate it while it was still warm from the oven. YUM!
I love being a mom!!!!
Love, Sue
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