Floral Extravaganza
Posted: October 31, 2024 Filed under: Acrylic on Canvas, Acrylic Paintings, Canadian Artist, Golden Artist Colors, Original art, Paintings of Flowers, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak Originals, Susan Feniaks Easel | Tags: Acrylic on canvas, Art from the heart, Canadian Artist, Flowers, Golden Artist Colors, original art, Paintings of Flowers, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak Original Art, Susan Feniak Acrylic 6 Comments
I am calling my latest painting, Floral Extravaganza, done! Since it’s still drying some more tweaking could happen. In my previous blog I shared the beginning of this painting. Days and hours of creating later here it is. If only an artist got paid by the hour!
Normally I don’t try to match or do art specifically to match a room, or furniture, or bedding. My rule of thumb is if you love it will work. But the new bedding was calling me to create Floral Extravaganza.
Today my husband and I quietly celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary. We both can’t believe it’s been 49 years. Time truly does fly. Love does conquer all of life’s foibles.
Artist Susan Feniak. Acrylic on a 18″ x 36″ gallery wrapped canvas. This painting is not available.
2025 Calendars and new art in progress..
Posted: October 26, 2024 Filed under: Acrylic on Canvas, Acrylic Paintings, Art from the heart, Artist at home, Calendars, Canadian Artist, In progress, Paintings of Flowers, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniaks Easel, Uncategorized, WIP, work in progress | Tags: Acrylic on canvas, Art, Art from the heart, Calendars, Canadian Artist, Flowers, Paintings of Flowers, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak Acrylic, wooden coasters, work in progress 7 Comments
My 2025 calendars finally arrived. Long story short the first batch arrived and they were a hot mess covered with ink splotches and smudges. The printers replaced them for me, free of charge. I am very happy with the final results. I do a limited amount as I usually give them as gifts to close friends or family. This year I sold a few but I do have one left. If you are interested please email me at sfeniakart@gmail.com
Recently I bought new bedding. The old bedding had been on our bed since 2015. I loved it, but it was time for new. I bought what I loved again and no doubt it will be on our bed for many years to come. Normally the art I hang in our home is also what I love or it’s favorites of mine/ours. It doesn’t necessarily match furniture or bedding. That being said, the painting above our bed worked with our old bedding, not the new. Ergo there is a fresh painting in progress on my easel. Meant just for us. It is taking me hours to do!!
Remember if you are interested in one of my 2025 calendars please let me know. I only have one left but I can always do another printing.
Cheers Susan
Happy Thanksgiving
Posted: October 13, 2024 Filed under: Autumn, Canadian Artist, grateful, Happy Thanksgiving, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, Uncategorized | Tags: Art from the heart, Autumn, Canadian Artist, grateful, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, thankful, Thanksgiving 4 Comments
Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian family and friends.
For me Thanksgiving brings to an end our boating season. So it’s a busy weekend packing up At Last and moving to the condo where we will be much warmer come winter. I will admit to it being a bitter sweet time.
What am I thankful for this weekend? I am grateful for the fabulous friends we have on the dock. We are like a family. I am also thankful for being able to live a life that many can only dream about. That being said, remember we worked hard for it.
My 2025 calendars are almost ready. I will have a limited supply available. I will share more information soon.
Cheers Susan Feniak
September was a busy month…
Posted: September 30, 2024 Filed under: Art from the heart, Busy times, Canadian Artist, one of a kind, Original art, Susan Feniak art, The Shuswap, Uncategorized | Tags: Art for Sale, Art from the heart, Canadian Artist, Card's, For the joy of it, greeting cards, one of a kind, retirement, shopping bags, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak 4 Comments
September was a busy month. Carey, my husband retired! At 71 years young it was time. Anyway it was cause for celebration. We also celebrated his birthday. In between all the celebrating I was busily filling an order for 10 of my “one of a kind” Christmas cards. Sorry, but it is that time of year again. When an artist has to plan and come up with fresh ideas for Christmas. In between that creativity I was making more cards to sell at a store here in Sicamous called, Willow. There was the limited edition 2025 calendars to design. And more painting and creating with Mara Muse, my favorite piece so far this year. I didn’t include a photo of it but you can check it out on a previous blog.
So, as you can see September was a busy month. Now I have to settle down and start the long process of getting our houseboat ready for winter. We will be moving to town soon and closing At Last for the season.
Hope everyone had a fabulous summer. Cheers
Artist Susan Feniak.
“Mara Muse” SOLD
Posted: September 9, 2024 Filed under: Acrylic on Canvas, Acrylic Paintings, Art for Sale, Art from the heart, Canadian Artist, Golden Artist Colors, Mara Lake BC, Original art, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak Originals, Susan Feniaks Easel, Uncategorized | Tags: Acrylic on canvas, Art for Sale, Art from the heart, Canadian Artist, For the joy of it, Golden Artist Colors, Mara Lake, Mara Lake BC, original art, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak Original Art, Susan Feniak Acrylic, work in progress 2 Comments
This paintinghas since Sold. 🔴 “Mara Muse”. I have been trying to capture the view from the aft deck of our houseboat for 8 years. That’s how long we’ve owned our boat. I think that I succeeded today! Yay! I have made several attempts but this one makes my heart sing. See me smile. Funny something that is so near and dear can be so difficult to duplicate. But not today. I started and finished this painting in one day. Yes, you read that correctly, one day. I found the zone. Nothing feels better to an artist than that zone. Trust me.
“Mara Muse” Artist Susan Feniak. Acrylic on a 16″ x 20″ gallery wrapped canvas. Asking $250.00 cdn plus shipping.
Cards
Posted: August 30, 2024 Filed under: Canadian Artist, greeting cards, one of a kind, shop local, Shuswap Artist, support local, Susan Feniak water color and ink, Uncategorized, water color and ink | Tags: Art from the heart, Canadian Artist, Card's, greeting cards, one of a kind, QoR watercolor, shop local, Shuswap Artist, Sicamous, Strathmore card stock, support small business, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak watercolor and ink Leave a comment
I am fortunate to have a local business owner who is providing space for me to show and hopefully sale my “one of a kind” cards. I am grateful to April from “Willow” a ladies clothing store on Main Street in Sicamous. Several cards have sold so I got busy and made some more. The photos represent the new ones that I dropped off the other day and as far as I know are still available.
Artist Susan Feniak. “one of a kind” greeting cards. Literally one of a kind, all hand painted, watercolor and ink on 5″ x 7″ cards. Prices range from $8 to $10 cdn each.
The making of “Day’s Eye” 🔴
Posted: August 26, 2024 Filed under: Acrylic on Canvas, Acrylic Paintings, Art for Sale, Art from the heart, Canadian Artist, Paintings of Flowers, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniaks Easel, Uncategorized, WIP, work in progress | Tags: Acrylic on canvas, Art, Art for Sale, Art from the heart, Canadian Artist, Flowers, For the joy of it, self taught artist, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak , Susan Feniak Acrylic, WIP, work in progress Leave a comment
Update, this painting has SOLD. Thank you Gayle and Rick. The making of “Day’s Eye”. From the David Oakes photo to the completed painting.
Thank you again to David for kindly giving me permission to use his beautiful photo.
At one stage of this painting I had to wonder, “What was I thinking?”. There were a lot of petals and a lot of layers. But I persevered and I am very happy that I did.
Thank you for stopping by and having a look.
Artist Susan Feniak. Acrylic on a 20″ x 20″ gallery canvas. Asking $250.00 cdn plus shipping.
Labor of love. “Day’s Eye”
Posted: August 21, 2024 Filed under: Acrylic on Canvas, Acrylic Paintings, Art for Sale, Art from the heart, Canadian Artist, Paintings of Flowers, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak Originals, Susan Feniaks Easel, Uncategorized | Tags: Acrylic on canvas, Art for Sale, Art from the heart, Canadian Artist, Flowers, For the joy of it, Paintings of Flowers, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak Original Art, Susan Feniak Acrylic Leave a comment
“Day’s Eye”. This latest painting has been a labor of love. Memories of our youngest son’s life and loss kept me going on this one. I needed an out and the best way for me to accomplish that is paint, to escape. Go to my happy place. For HOURS!! Or wallow, and I don’t do that.
Also, for those of you that haven’t figured it out yet, I love flowers. Once upon a time I was a florist and designer extraordinaire.
For the photo credit I would like to thank, photographer and friend David Oakes. He very kindly gave me permission to use his photo of these glorious daisy’s. Thank you David.
Artist Susan Feniak. Acrylic on a 20″ x 20″ gallery wrapped canvas. Asking $250 cdn plus shipping.
It’s been awhile…
Posted: August 17, 2024 Filed under: Acrylic Paintings, Art from the heart, In progress, Just for fun, one of a kind, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak Originals, Susan Feniaks Easel, WIP, wood coasters, work in progress | Tags: #canadianartist, #shuswapartist, Art, Canadian Artist, friends, gift ideas, one of a kind, Pacific Ocean, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak Original Art, wooden coasters, work in progress 6 Comments
It has been some time since my last post. It’s not that I haven’t been creating. I have indeed been painting or planning and gathering ideas. The truth is that I have no idea why I haven’t posted something. Perhaps it’s because I get very little traffic on my website or because I don’t have time. Perhaps I am too busy doing the aforementioned creating, planning and painting. Whatever there are reasons and excuses. These days it seems that time is at a premium for everyone.
I have decided to expand on my “one of a kind” greeting cards and start making “one of a kind” wood coasters. They are all hand painted and everyone is different. Acrylic on approximately 4″ round or square coasters. The raw edge round coasters are a bit smaller. I am varnishing them to protect them from heat and moisture. And testing them to make sure they are protected.
I have also started another painting which when finished will be acrylic on a 20″ x 20″ gallery wrapped canvas. I will give the photo credit to a friend when the painting is complete. I am grateful to that friend for giving me permission to use his beautiful photo.
In the meantime have a fabulous weekend. Cheers Susan
“The Sun and Moon” Sold 🔴
Posted: August 1, 2024 Filed under: Acrylic on Canvas, Acrylic Paintings, Art for Sale, Art from the heart, Canadian Artist, Mexico, nautical art, Original art, Paintings of boats, Seaside, Susan Feniak art, Susan Feniak Originals, Susan Feniaks Easel | Tags: Acrylic on canvas, Art for Sale, Art from the heart, Canadian Artist, For the joy of it, Mexico, original art, Pacific Ocean, Paintings of boats, Seaside, Shuswap Artist, Susan Feniak Original Art, Susan Feniak Acrylic 4 Comments
Sold 🔴 “The Sun and Moon.” Or El sol y la luna. The latest painting drying on my easel. One of my favorite places is Zihuatanejo Mexico. A fishing village on the Pacific coast. This painting is my depiction of two Zihua fishing boats, known as pangas, resting at anchor. Normally at the end of the day these boats are hauled up onto the beach. But I wanted to show how beautiful the water is so my boats are at anchor. I have painted many boats without issue but these two started out a bit wonky. I am pretty sure I fixed that. And before anyone mentions it, yes I broke a rule and placed the boats dead centre!! No rule of thirds in this one. It’s about the colors, ocean, and boats. My loves.
Artist Susan Feniak. Acrylic on a 16″ x 20″ gallery wrapped canvas. Asking $225.00 cdn. Plus shipping. If you are interested please email sfeniakart@gmail.com
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