Tuesday, January 31, 2017

30 Paintings in 30 Days by Sue Marrazzo

Here is my collage of all my paintings that I created for 
the January 2017 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge. 
Thanks for looking and your continued support! Also, thanks to Leslie Seata. 
'Congrats to the 1223 artists who created art in this challenge!!!

All Art Created by Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Sunday, January 29, 2017

The Last One By Sue Marrazzo

Day #30...This is the last one of the 30 Paintings in 30 days. I will be posting a collage of all works soon. Thanks for looking and for all the support during this CHALLENGE.

Day #30:
Quote: "A painting is finished when the artist says it is finished."
--Rembrandt Van Rijni, Dutch painter

Day #30:
The ART...

 Title: "The Happy Ending"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 8" x 10"
Substrate: A Found Book Page
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS


A Close-Up

Thanks for looking!!


Day #29 by Sue Marrazzo

Day #29.
I am creating art every day this month for Leslie Saeta's 30 Painting in 30 days Challenge.

Day #29:
The Quote: 
"Every artist was first an amateur." --Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer

Day #29:
The ART...

 Title: "Follow the Heat"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 9" x 12"
Substrate: Recycled "Free" Street Paper
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS


                                                A Close-Up

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Getting Closer

Day #28....
I am close to the end of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge with 1000+ other artists online. The moderator is artist, Leslie Saeta. 

Day #28:
The Quote: 
"I am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appear on my canvas." --Salvador Dali, Spanish painter

Day #28:
The ART...

 Title: "Over the Edge"
Medium: Mixed Media
Substrate: Recycled "Free" Street Paper
Size: 9" x 12"
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

A Close-UP

Friday, January 27, 2017

A NEW Work by Sue Marrazzo

It is Day #27 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge.
Quote: "The painter who has no doubts will achieve little."
--Leonardo da Vinci, Italian artist

Day #27:
The ART....

 Title: "Moving Out"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size/Substrate: 11" x 14"/ Canvas Panel
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS
www.facebook.com/SueMarrazzoArt

A Close-Up

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Day #26 by Sue Marrazzo

Day #26
I am currently participating in an online 30 paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge for the month of January.

Day #26:
The Quote: 
"The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away."--Paul Strand, American photographer

Day #26:
My ART...

 Title: "Stepping Stone"
Media:Mixed Media
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Substrate: w/c paper
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

A Close-Up 

Live Freely by Sue Marrazzo

I am creating art each day this month for Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days.

Day #25:
The Quote: There is no must in art because art is free."
--Wassily Kandinsky, Russian painter

Day #25:
The ART....

Title: "Live Freely"
Size/Substrate: 4.5"x4.5"/Wood
Medium: Mixed Media
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Day #24

This is Day #24 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge.
Day #24:
The Quote: "A man paints with his brain and not with his hands."
--Michelangelo, Italian artist

Day #24:
My ART..

 Title: "Always Thinking"
Medium: Acrylic on W/C Paper
Size: 11"x14"
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

A Close-Up

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Sunday, January 22, 2017

Breath and Spirit by Sue Marrazzo

Day #23 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days.

Day #23:
The Quote: "What art offers is space...a certain breathing room for the spirit."
--John Updike, American writer

Day #23:
The ART...

 Title: "Breath and Spirit"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size/Substrate: 12"x12"/Canvas
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS


A Close-Up 


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Saturday, January 21, 2017

Something New by Sue Marrazzo

Day #22
I am currently creating art daily for 
the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge with 
Leslie Saeta, and 1000+ other artists. 

Day #22
The Quote: "The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through."
--Jackson Pollock, American painter

Day #22:
My ART....

Title: "The Sea of 18"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Substrate: Vellum MM Paper
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Thanks for LOOKING!!

Friday, January 20, 2017

Unfailing Love By Sue Marrazzo

Today is Day #21 of the Leslie Saeta 30 Paintings in 30 Days. 

Day #21:
Quote: "Imagination is the highest kite one can fly."
--Lauren Bacall, American actress.

Day #21:
The ART...

Title: "Unfailing Love"
Media: Mixed Media 
Size: 8"
Substrate: Wood/Heart Shaped
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Thanks for LOOKING!

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Day #20

I am currently participating in a 30 day painting challenge for the month of January. It is an online challenge with 1000+ other artists, led by artist, 
Leslie Saeta.
Day #20:
Quote: "To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage."
--Georgia O' Keefe, American painter

Day #20:
The ART....

Title: "East of Eden"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 4" x 4"
Substrate: Canvas
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Thanks for LOOKING!

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

A Little Early...

I am currently creating art daily for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. I have done this online challenge for 3+ years. The moderator is Leslie Saeta.

Day #19:
Quote: "A minute's success pays the failure of years."
--Robert Browning

Day #19:
My Art:

Title: "Solar Power"
Size: 4" x 4" Canvas
Medium: Mixed Media
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Thanks for LOOKING!

Day #18

I am on Day #18 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. 
Day #18:
The Quote: The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world."
--Andre Malraux, French writer

Day #18:
The ART...

Title: "Peek-A- Boo"
Medium: Mixed Media
Sustrate: Canvas
Size 4" x 4"
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Monday, January 16, 2017

Sue Marrazzo Shares #17

I am currently doing a 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge online. 
I am posting my art along with 1000+ other artists. This is with Leslie Saeta.
Day #17...
Quote: "The world is but a canvas to the imagination."
--Henry David Thoreau, American writer

Day #17:
My ART...



Title: "Go Overboard"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 4" x 4"
Substrate: Canvas
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Day #16

I am creating art every day for the month of January. I am one of 1000+ artists painting and posting online.
Day #16:
The Quote: "Imagination is the true magic carpet."
--Norman Vincent Peale, American writer

Day #16:
The ART...

Title: "Imagine-Beauty"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size/Substrate: 4" x 4"/Canvas
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS



Saturday, January 14, 2017

Half-Way There

This is the halfway point of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Online Painting Challenge with Leslie Saeta, Artist. I am having a blast, creating and experimenting in mixed media. 

Day #15:
Quote: " I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."
--Michaelangelo, Italian artist

Day #15:
The ART...

 Title: "On Angel's Wings"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 4" x 4"
Substrate: Canvas
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

A Close-Up 

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Friday, January 13, 2017

Woven In Knowledge

I am almost half way through the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge, 
with Leslie Saeta.

Day #14:
The Quote:
"Let each man exercise the art he knows."--Aristophanes, ancient Greek playwright

Day #14: 
The ART...

"Woven in Knowledge"
A mixed media work on 5.5" x 8.5" paper
by Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Thursday, January 12, 2017

NEW MINI ART BY SUE MARRAZZO

Day #13:
I am creating new art daily for a new 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge. Thanks to Leslie Saeta, who is the moderator of this challenge online. 
Day #13:
The Quote: "Inspiration exists but it has to find us working."
--Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist

Day #13:
My ART...

Title: "The Inspired Existence"
A Quad Collection
Mixed Media 
2" x 2" each
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Thanks for LOOKING!!

Sue Marrazzo Shares #12

This is Day #12 of Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge. I have a quote each day for inspiration, and a new work of art for each day this month.
Day #12:
The Quote:"Apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music."
---Joan Miro, Spanish artist

Day #12:
The ART...

 Title: "Away With Colors"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 12" x 12"
Substrate: Canvas
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

A Close-UP

Thanks for LOOKING!

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Day #11 By Sue Marrazzo

This is Day #11 of Leslie Saeta's 30 day Challenge. I paint every day for 30 Days and post them along with 1000+ artists. 
Day #11:
Quote: "What we play is life."
--Louis Armstrong, American musician

Day #11:
My ART...

 Title: " Playing in the Rain"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size 5" x 7" 
Substrate: Vellum Mixed Media Paper
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

A Close-Up

Thanks for LOOKING!!

Day #10 by Sue Marrazzo

Here is my painting for Day#10 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge with Leslie Saeta and 1000+ artists online.
Day #10:
The Quote: 
"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."
---Emile Zola, French writer.

Day #10:
The ART....

 Title: "Focus on the Gift"
Medium: Acrylic
Size/ Substrate: 5" x 7" on vellum paper
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

 A Close-Up


Thanks for LOOKING!!!!

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Another Painting

This is my 9th painting in the 30 Painting in 30 Days Challenge. 
Day#9:
The Quote: "Never leave a painting mediocre; its better to take a chance with it."
--Guy Courier, American painter

Day #9:
The ART...

 Title: "Taking A Chance"
Medium: Mixed Media 
Substrate: 12" x 12" Canvas
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

A Close-Up of "Taking A Chance"

Thanks for Looking!!

Day #8 by Sue Marrazzo

This is Day #8 of the 30 paintings in 30 Days with 1000+ other artists. 
Day #8:
The Quote: "You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water."
--Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali artist

Day #8:
The ART....

 Title: "Across the Sea"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 12" x 12"
Substrate: Canvas
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS


A  Close-Up of "Across the Sea"

Saturday, January 7, 2017

A Quad of MINIS

I am on Day #7 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge for this month. It has been a great learning experience so far.

Day #7:
Quote: "Painting like passion, is a living voice."
--Barnett Newman, American artist

Day #7:
The ART....

Title: "The Voice of Passion"
A quad of 4 mini mixed media paintings on canvas panel
2.5" each / 5" total
by Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Day #6 by Sue Marrazzo

This is Day #6 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge with Leslie Saeta. I am painting a new work of art each day in January, and then sharing it online with 1000+ other artists.

Day #6:
The Quote: "All ART is but imitation of nature."
--Lucius Annaeus, Ancient Roman dramatist

Day #6:
The ART....

Title: "Serengeti With A View"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: 8"x8"
Substrate: Canvas
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

The Fifth Work By Sue Marrazzo

It is Day #5 of Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge. 
I am painting and posting with 1000+ other artists each day.

Day #5:
The Quote:
"We all have the ability...we just don't all have the courage to follow our dreams and to follow the signs."
--Paulo Coelho, Brazilian writer

Day #5:
The ART....
 Title: "Northern Sky With Approach"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size/Substrate: 4" x 5" / Canvas
Genre: Abstract
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

A Close-Up of "Northern Sky With Approach"

Inspired by Nature

I am on Day #4 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge. This painting was inspired by Nature, and a photo of the Northern Lights. 

Day #4:
The Quote: "Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with all that is excellent and divine, come into being."
--Giorgio Vasari, Italian artist

Day #4:
The ART....

Title: "Northern Lights-Spirit With Poetry"
Medium: Mixed Media 
Size/Substrate: 12" x 24"/Canvas
Genre: Abstract
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS
Award-Winning Artist

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

The Quad Minis by Sue Marrazzo

This is Day #3, and I already wanted to do something different. I am doing a 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge with 1000+ artists online. It is the twice yearly challenge with Leslie Saeta.

Day #3
The Quote: 
"Being true to yourself is what feeds creativity, not self-doubt and criticism."
--Diane Arenberg, American artist

Day #3
The ART...

The "Be True To Yourself" Collection
Quad Mini Mixed Media Paintings
2" each, Pins
by Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS
Artist and Art Instructor


Monday, January 2, 2017

Day #2 by Sue Marrazzo

I am participating in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. 
This painting was half finished, and I finished it for this challenge. 

DAY #2...
The Quote: 
"No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination."
--Edward Hopper, American painter

DAY #2: The ART...

Title: "An Element of Imagination"
Medium: Mixed Media
Size/Substrate: 4" x 4" / Canvas
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS

Sunday, January 1, 2017

Here I Go Again....

I am signed up for Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days for the Month of January 2017!!!! I will be painting and posting with 1000+ artists. I have done this challenge many times in the past 3 years. Today is Day # 1, and I am going to challenge myself by creating all works that are Experimental Mixed Media. In other words...Anything Goes. I will also share a quote that inspired me as an Experimental Mixed Media Artist. 
Here I Go Again...
 Day #1:
The Quote: "Beauty will save the world."---Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer

Day #1--The ART:
Title: "Beautiful Salvation"
Medium: Mixed Media 
Size/Substrate: 4" x 4"
Artist: Sue Marrazzo, ISAP, NCS