This series is called Eye Wonder. All of them are done on 8″x10″ paper. The enamel paint makes a pattern of eyes or glasses, nose, lips, and wrinkles! The each one is developed through as many processes and layers as I can think of. The words are mostly random, leaving room for you to interpret what is going on with this individual, at this time. These are for sale thru my store on Etsy.com. Type in my name and there you are!
Etsy Shop
I have opened an Etsy shop for small works and prints. I’m of the Luddite generation, so be patient, and let me know if I’ve screwed stuff up. With andy luck, here’s the address http://www.etsy.com/shop/SusanLivengood?ref=search_shop_redirect
Cool. Or go to Etsy.com and search for susanlivengood. Let me know what you like and any suggestions.
Investment grade art.
Some people make art to make a brazillion dollars. Some of us are more interested in the process, than the product. I doubt anyone needs a Clown face, but I needed to paint it.
Whole Bloomin’ Thing
Should I call these “Sketchy Girls”? They are so much fun to make! I’ll be showing them on May 11, 2013 down in Frog Level at the fair. 
Eye Wonder is a series about …eyes. No, really, it’s about painting. But eyes are mesmerizing. And easy for people to enter into an abstract painting.
Old women
Women used to be important to culture, important and powerful. Muses, Fates, Furies, Goddesses. Now m
ost are hustling for low paying jobs in the modern age. That is my scenario. This is the Muse Erato, with energy coming from the sun, not sex. I’ve been collecting parts and pieces of her for months. This is a first glance. Many of the elements are from Habitat Restores. The round plywood that makes her face comes from a local speaker maker. The brass spacers and Mardi Gras beads come from the Waynesville Restore. The music stand that is her skeleton came from a trip to the Restore in Statesville. The tubes come from Gregg’s work, and some of the paint is from Animal Hosp. of Waynesville. When you’ve gone from a Muse, to working for .77 on the dollar, you have to be thrifty.
The Bay Lights.
Thanks to WordPress for beginning the funding for the Bay Lights. Public art makes people aware of what might be.
More ladies.
Are they stressed, or just working hard?
Repurpose an arts magazine
The Laurel of Asheville is having a contest of artists repurposing their magazine. I did the line work by dripping enamel. The picture of the eye was perfect. The lips are the top of a Valentine, from their Feb. issue.
Human refinements on Nature
I continue exploring what impact humans have over nature. This flower was made of dripped enamel, blue, then collage and drawing elements added. I could copyright it, patent it, and claim that I made a better flower. International agro businesses do it every day.