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Dreamy underpainting. You can see the broken gold leaf, upper right. . . . Paintings ⠀⠀ #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyarts #santarosa #abstracts #contemporary_art #abstrakt #abstractmag #kunstgalerie #artmoderne #contemporarygallery #paleomythic #contemporarypaintings #artstudiolife #artbuyers #artstudios #contemporarypainter #abstractors #abstractexpressionist #abstraktekunst #artabstrait #arteastratta #arteabstracto #acrylicabstract #ipreview @preview.app

“Permeable Membrane 2,” acrylic, graphite, ink, and hand-carved blocks on panel. The primal chaos that gives birth to the new, or the veil which opens and closes of its own accord. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ Paintings #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyartist #santarosa #abstracts #contemporary_art #abstrakt #abstractmag #kunstgalerie #artmoderne #contemporarygallery #paleomythic #contemporarypaintings #artstudiolife #artbuyers #artstudios #contemporarypainter #abstractors #abstractexpressionist #abstraktekunst #artabstrait #arteastratta #arteabstracto #acrylicabstract #mixedmediapainting #primitiveart

“Danza Antica,” acrylic, oil crayon, graphite, ink on panel. The dancing cow figure reminds me of Baubo, Ancient Greek character, a crazy old lady who made everyone laugh. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ Paintings #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyartist #santarosa #abstracts #contemporary_art #abstrakt #abstractmag #kunstgalerie #artmoderne #contemporarygallery #paleomythic #contemporarypaintings #artstudiolife #artbuyers #artstudios #contemporarypainter #abstractors #abstractexpressionist #abstraktekunst #artabstrait #arteastratta #arteabstracto #acrylicabstract #abstractnarrative #modernprimitive

“Permeable Membrane 1,” acrylic on wood panel, in the PaleoMythic series. I am experiment with making evocative “cave walls” from which totems, spirits and abstract marks emerge. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ Paintings #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyartist #santarosa #abstracts #contemporary_art #abstrakt #abstractmag #kunstgalerie #artmoderne #contemporarygallery #paleomythic #contemporarypaintings #artstudiolife #artbuyers #artstudios #contemporarypainter #abstractors #abstractexpressionist #abstraktekunst #artabstrait #arteastratta #arteabstracto #acrylicabstract #paleoart

“Escalera de Neanderthal”, 36 x 36, Suzanne Edminster, on the red cave wall of the PaleoMythic show. I adopted the red ocher marks found in a cave in Spain that date back 65K years, which means that a Neanderthal artist made them. There was a “ladder”, a bisected animal, and something that looks like a complex ideograms or.. alien propeller? this is the beginning of a series focusing on abstract markings of archaic peoples. . . . . . #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #santarosa #abstracts #contemporary_art #abstrakt #abstractmag #kunstgalerie #artmoderne #contemporarygallery #paleomythic #contemporarypaintings #artstudiolife #artbuyers #artstudios #contemporarypainter #abstractors #abstractexpressionist #abstraktekunst #artabstrait #arteastratta #arteabstracto #acrylicabstract #paleolithic #neanderthal #ancientart

Me posing at The Broad in LA. The Rothko room is to die for.... complete swimming inundation in those color fields.... . . . . . . Paintings #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #santarosa #abstracts #contemporary_art #abstrakt #abstractmag #kunstgalerie #artmoderne #contemporarygallery #paleomythic #contemporarypaintings #artstudiolife #artbuyers #artstudios #contemporarypainter #abstractors #abstractexpressionist #abstraktekunst #artabstrait #arteastratta #arteabstracto #acrylicabstract #thebroadmuseum #thebroad

Painting process in a recent abstract class I taught. Forms emerge, are obliterated, then re-emerge. Bright orange or pink grounds lend luminosity, even if eventually mostly covered. Pink is a forbidden color for “serious” paintings, a sexist leftover probably. . . . #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #santarosa #abstracts #contemporary_art #abstrakt #abstractmag #kunstgalerie #artmoderne #contemporarygallery #paleomythic #contemporarypaintings #artstudiolife #artbuyers #artstudios #contemporarypainter #abstractors #abstractexpressionist #abstraktekunst #artabstrait #arteastratta #arteabstracto #acrylicabstract #pinkpaint #abstract_art #artclasses

“Over Underworld,” 36 x 48, acrylic on canvas. Detail. I wanted to show layers of consciousness. The top shows the thin skin of civilization. Ladders connect levels. Instead of seeing the unconscious as dangerous , the bottom of the painting is rich, warm with unformed possibilities. I used interference paint at the very top, so a lilac changes subtly to grey in small parts of the painting. #overunderworld #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyarts #santarosa #abstracts #contemporary_art #abstrakt #abstractmag #kunstgalerie #artmoderne #contemporarygallery #paleomythic #contemporarypaintings #artstudiolife #artbuyers #artstudios #contemporarypainter #abstractors #abstractexpressionist #abstraktekunst #artabstrait #arteastratta #arteabstracto #acrylicabstract

“A History of Home,” acrylic on canvas, 48 X 36. I painted this as part of a three-painting series with an idea of a primitive landscape map. Like an aboriginal Dreamtime map, the painting shows my personal history of the deep home, the cave. Animals, a shrine, blue spaces, and a full moon mark moments in space as well as time. I prefer inner landscapes to outer ones. This is the moment just before you cross the threshold to the entrance to the deep cave or underworld. The fluorescent orange is, for me, the red ochre of today. #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyarts #santarosa #abstracts #contemporary_art #abstrakt #abstractmag #kunstgalerie #artmoderne #contemporarygallery #paleomythic #contemporarypaintings #artstudiolife #artbuyers #artstudios #contemporarypainter #abstractors #abstractexpressionist #abstraktekunst #artabstrait #arteastratta #arteabstracto #acrylicabstract

“A History of Home,” and me, in the window of the Art Museum of Sonoma County. You can see “OverUnderworld” behind me. The Museum generously donates a window to showcase local artists. #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyarts #santarosa #artmuseumofsonomacounty #abstractvision #paleomythic #acrylicabstract #fluorescentorange #kunst #museumsofsonomacounty #paleolithicart #modernartmuseum #contemporaryartists #contemporaryarts #overunderworld #colorpop #abstractartist #abstraktekunst #artabstrait #arteastratta #arteabstracto #acrylicabstract

“After Love, the Laundry.” The title says it all. Detail, Metaphoracard, 5” x 7”, paint and collage on mat board. I make these frequently for fun and for the process. They are a bit different from many collage cards, as I paint abstractly first. Each one seems to hold a little message or omen. You can do readings with them too! Next Metaphoracard class will be in January 2019: check profile site for info. #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyarts #santarosa #metaphoracards #collagecards #surrealcollage #creativitycards #doitfortheprocess #passioncolorjoy #bigmagic #instartist #paintcollage #artgram #creativityfound #doitfortheprocess #colorpop #artsanity #abstractcollage #abstractartist #kunst #abstrakt #artiste

“Cows Hold Up the World,” detail,Metaphoracard, 5” x 7”, paint and collage on mat board. I make these frequently for fun and for the process. They are a bit different from many collage cards, as I paint abstractly first. Each one seems to hold a little message or omen. You can do readings with them too! Next Metaphoracard class will be in January 2019: check profile site for info. #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyarts #santarosa #metaphoracards #collagecards #surrealcollage #creativitycards #doitfortheprocess #passioncolorjoy #bigmagic #instartist #paintcollage #artgram #creativityfound #doitfortheprocess #colorpop #artsanity #abstractcollage #abstractartist #kunst #abstrakt #artiste #cowappreciationday

“Fisheye,”Metaphoracard, detail, 5” x 7” on mat board. I make these regularly, for fun. They are a bit different from most collage cards, as abstract paint is applied first. I do it for the process and consider them little messengers with oracles. They work for readings too. I’ll teach this class again in January 2019. #saltworkstudio #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyarts #santarosa #metaphoracards #collagecards #surrealcollage #creativitycards #doitfortheprocess #passioncolorjoy #bigmagic #instartist #paintcollage #artgram #creativityfound #doitfortheprocess #colorpop #artsanity #abstractcollage #abstractartist #kunst #abstrakt #artistepeintre #alchemicalart #tarotcard #goodomen

No, it’s not another art photo, but it catches the mood of summer around our place. So much of what we’ve done from May to now has been private. I’ve been reading a lot and you can see notebooks and books scattered behind our two Lazy Boys. You can pretty much substitute me lounging around for the little orange cat, Django. It has been a summer of new babies: two, Zoe and Tabitha, in my extended family, a new kitten who is now a six month old sweetheart, 4 baby chicken chicks, and baby quail chicks, which are now producing blue eggs. We have been sort of swimming in a sea of constant cuteness. We also have new baby table grapes of exotic and heirloom sorts, hanging down luxuriously from an arbor., like plastic grapes in some Italian restaurants. All those babies required a lot of time and care, as babies always do. I was open for Artwalk in SOFA, and August is a painting month for me, hitting the studio before the heat sets in. I haven’t been totally lazy: I taught 3 months worth of abstract classes for LocalsCreate. Recently I’m reengaging with social media in what I hope is a new and more authentic way. Social media always bothers me, but especiallly as an introvert I see its value. I enjoy writing, so you could say writing for social media, and the urban chickens and Japanese quail, are my hobbies. Summertime: my whole nuclear family=== mom, dad, and two siblings— are all educators. I was in my teens before I realized that everyone did not have an entire summer off! The laziness of summer is deep in my bones. Enjoy the last lazy days of summer. Suzanne Edminster. #saltworkstudio #santarosa #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyart #cuddlecats

A young and perceptive visitor. She detailed how she painted her own abstracts and totally loves abstract painting. The painting is from the OverUnderworld series. #saltworkstudio #santarosa #sofasantarosa #sonomacountyart #overunderworld #abstract_art #abstractpainting #acrylicabstract #mythologicalpainting #paleolithicart #paleomythic #alchemicalart

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