https://susanebrooks.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-01-08 https://susanebrooks.com/blog/new-work-new-places monthly 0.5 2026-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/94b5119c-640a-4a50-989f-3f4f48bdc081/IMG_8583.jpeg Blog - New Work, New Places - Make it stand out Snowscape with Blues, oil on canvas, 5 × 7 inches, available at Gallery 104 in La Grange, KY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/02170396-ab40-45e0-bfb1-37b859d831aa/IMG_9282.jpeg Blog - New Work, New Places - Make it stand out Several of my oil landscapes are currently on display at Preston Arts Center, along with the work of other local artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/b80daed6-01c3-46ab-84d4-8748ee1b9497/IMG_8587.jpeg Blog - New Work, New Places - Make it stand out Snowscape with Reds and Blues, oil on canvas, 5 × 7 inches, available at Gallery 104 in La Grange, KY https://susanebrooks.com/blog/choose-one-thing monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/698fcd28-f253-4ef6-b54a-5d10b560aa48/Modern+Day+Good+Samaritan+%281%29.jpg Blog - Choose One Thing - Make it stand out Modern Day Good Samaritan and Merton’s Epiphany, Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 36 × 48 inches, by Susan E. Brooks, will be on display at the “Advocacy” Exhibition at Mosaic Galleryfrom March 28 to June 13, 2025. For the story behind the painting, go to this link. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/f2b9b020-1253-4520-81bb-5af95c937be4/I+Will+Not+Be+Silent.jpeg Blog - Choose One Thing - Make it stand out I Will Not Be Silent, oil pastel and collage on matt board, 18 × 24 inches, by Susan E. Brooks, will be on display at the “Advocacy” Exhibition at Mosaic Gallery from March 28 to June 13, 2025. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/and-then-i-looked-out-the-window monthly 0.5 2025-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/94a99c38-d46d-459a-a9c2-5e322940cfbd/cardinal+on+green.jpg Blog - And Then I Looked out the Window - Make it stand out Greeting cards created from my “Cardinal in Winter” pastel are available for purchase at Preston Arts Center, Louisville, Ky. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/courage-warts-and-art monthly 0.5 2024-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/28fc302b-270a-4a92-bc00-77b1e2afaea3/Waterscapes+show.jpeg Blog - Courage, Warts, and Art - “Waterscapes: An Experimental Journey, 2019 - 2024” by Susan E. Brooks is on display at the Deanne Moore Gallery, 1120 Monroe St. in Charlestown, Indiana, through September 8. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/go-ahead-and-try-perseverance-is-your-friend monthly 0.5 2024-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/bf8fbcd9-abec-49b3-bf61-7a9f05d7c5e1/Debra+and+Me+%281%29.jpeg Blog - Go Ahead and Try: Perseverance Is Your Friend - Make it stand out It was wonderful to have my friend Debra to celebrate with me at the Mosaic Art Gallery opening! My “Prayer and Protest” pastel won third place. The current exhibition “Reformation” will be on display through February 9, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/d421fb7c-1a9d-4f43-a81f-4853da97c61a/Snowy+Mountain+Blues+SEB.jpeg Blog - Go Ahead and Try: Perseverance Is Your Friend - Make it stand out Snowy Mountain Blues was the last piece I expected to be chosen for the Mazin Art Exhibition at the Trager JCC in the fall of 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/dcf7c7c5-0e7f-4f1c-a934-4e661d53fa99/Morticia+and+Gomez.jpeg Blog - Go Ahead and Try: Perseverance Is Your Friend - Make it stand out Backstage at the Oldham County Arts Center when my husband Martin and I played Gomez and Morticia Adams for the fall fundraiser. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/a-hand-in-the-dark monthly 0.5 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/550c8f89-4fb6-447b-8d38-1f6eea211f3a/In+costume+with+M.jpeg Blog - A Hand in the Dark - Make it stand out In costume with my husband Martin for the musical Jekyl and Hyde at the Oldham County Arts Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/239079c5-4e6b-48a7-91f0-e0cd78eac546/BrooksS-image2Beside+Me.jpeg Blog - A Hand in the Dark - Make it stand out Beside Me in the Dark, by Susan E. Brooks, Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, $950. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/do-it-for-your-future-self monthly 0.5 2023-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/0c08bfb3-363c-4bff-889a-afe842e340cd/Cat+Fight.jpeg Blog - Do It for Your Future Self - Make it stand out In my most recent theatre production at Little Colonel Playhouse, I was an angry Irish redhead who got into a cat fight with her rival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/da1dcdca-28c8-4d9a-b432-17ea6a79b3ab/beargrass+creek+at+cheerokee.jpeg Blog - Do It for Your Future Self - Make it stand out Here’s the latest painting waiting to dry as I’m waiting to feel like painting again. Beargrass Creek at Cherokee Park, oil on Canvas, 48 x 60 inches. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/thankful-for-painted-doors monthly 0.5 2023-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/abeb7607-6b51-4ec6-886f-c26b63fbe2dc/door.jpeg Blog - Thankful for Painted Doors - Make it stand out This image is from one of my plein air paintings of the old railroad bridge across the Ohio River at Louisville, KY. It’s part of a project called “Alley Gallery” in downtown Louisville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/2625b9b7-89b2-4a4a-8c89-4fef2d30ea8a/st.+paddy%27s.jpeg Blog - Thankful for Painted Doors - Make it stand out So how do we become more creative? One way is to try new things! I’ve been acting at community theaters around town as a way to stretch my creativity and just have fun. Come see me if you have a chance! https://susanebrooks.com/blog/facing-rejection-as-an-artist monthly 0.5 2022-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/ef28ee77-4590-4aab-afd6-c97eb783bbed/Life+in+death+tree.jpeg Blog - Facing Rejection as an Artist: Keep Going - Make it stand out On display at the Cressman Center, Louisville, Ky. from Oct. 7 - Nov. 19, 2022: Life in Death, Oil Pastel on Sandpaper Board, 20 x 28 inches, by Susan E. Brooks. Though rejected from this exhibition in the past, for the past two years my artwork has juried into the OSL Exhibition at the Cressman Center, Louisville, KY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/8ca4b16a-18a7-4240-a20e-a1c7df2c7169/On+stage+fork.jpeg Blog - Facing Rejection as an Artist: Keep Going - Make it stand out Above, we were the enchanted utensils dancing and singing “Be Our Guest” in Beauty and the Beast at Oldham Co. Arts Center in June of 2022. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/make-inertia-work-for-you monthly 0.5 2022-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/f7cc0ab6-64d7-4954-9847-0c2cf5573cce/SBrooks%2C+Embracing+Your+Grief+%E2%80%93+Version+2.jpg Blog - Make Inertia Work for You - Make it stand out I did a series of pastels on grief, and this one is also part of the solo show in August. “Embracing Your Grief” 24 x 18 inches, oil pastel on paper, by Susan E. Brooks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/c72a14dd-c48e-42d5-8399-fb6439bcf177/Creek+at+Cherokee+Park.jpeg Blog - Make Inertia Work for You - Make it stand out This plein air landscape is one of several that are a part of my solo show in August at Chestnuts and Pearls Gallery in New Albany, IN. “Beargrass Creek in Cherokee Park” oil on canvas, 9 x 12 inches. by Susan E. Brooks. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/plein-air-group-show monthly 0.5 2022-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/16b6aeb1-cc9d-4e64-bcc5-44231548e85b/morning+glory.jpg Blog - Plein Air Group Show - Make it stand out "Morning Glory", Oil on panel, 9"x12", artist Susan E. Brooks on display now at Kore Gallery https://susanebrooks.com/blog/follow-the-joy monthly 0.5 2022-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/dfed4632-4be6-4d98-a065-bdf813ddba49/HighBc.jpg Blog - Follow the Joy - Make it stand out Plein air painting was my new adventure in 2019. Coming up in March 2022 at KORE Gallery, my painting friends and I will be having an exhibition of plein air landscapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/637ca10b-d03b-430e-931f-ec4a27ebfb53/jubilee+Barndance.jpeg Blog - Follow the Joy - Make it stand out My new adventure for 2022 is community theatre! I get to sing and act for a musical at Shelby County Community Theatre. The main point of this Kentucky-centered musical is the joy we find through musical expression. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/art-in-7-places monthly 0.5 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1628794194490-T4V3UW603L17IRZJ3DII/HighBc.jpg Blog - Art in 7 Places - Make it stand out Higher Ground at Beckley Creek, Plein Air Painting, Louisville, Ky. On display for the month of August 2021, at the Jeffersonville Township Library in Indiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1628794465057-N1DGYY8AVGNSQA2U10J5/Lincoln.jpg Blog - Art in 7 Places - Make it stand out “A House Divided Cannot Stand,” a Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, is currently on display at KORE Gallery in downtown Louisville, Ky. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/when-ralph-wrecked-the-drawing-making-the-most-of-mistakes monthly 0.5 2021-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1623096784121-7ZD6E0BS1K4WWEGJLE3K/Lily+Pond+at+Gethsemane+Monastery.jpg Blog - When Ralph Wrecked the Drawing: Making the Most of Mistakes - Make it stand out I just keep going on this drawing of a lily pond at the monastery of Gethsemane in Bardstown, K. where Thomas Merton lived. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/i-will-arise monthly 0.5 2021-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1619815036911-YUI9DER6MA3OCWBLAWYN/Irises.jpg Blog - I Will Arise When we see how God brings good even for the flowers, how he "clothes the grass of the field" (Matt. 6:30), we are reminded of how much he cares and provides for us. Artwork by Susan E. Brooks https://susanebrooks.com/blog/art-in-city-hall-video monthly 0.5 2021-04-21 https://susanebrooks.com/blog/9qta3tqh4th4wd5jvf70c6ubbiskz7 monthly 0.5 2021-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1618438657227-N4WKFXH3HCP6HOAOH87M/Lilies+at+Whitehall+%281%29.jpg Blog - Focus On Resurrection Lilies at Whitehall Gardens, Oil on Canvas Board, by Susan E. Brooks https://susanebrooks.com/blog/open-our-eyes monthly 0.5 2021-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1616606221825-J6WUNT6PLUQRXT8KATYQ/Morning+Light.jpg Blog - Open Our Eyes: Plein Air Painting I painted this with a palette knife one morning in my backyard when the light was warm and yellow, filtering through the trees. Morning Light, Oil on Birchwood Panel, 9 x 12 inches, by Susan E. Brooks https://susanebrooks.com/blog/srh7ak7pnfx6g5okdvovwt7wfl31u6 monthly 0.5 2021-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1615911707999-T4QYT7DQZU15GU8U69UQ/Prayer+in+the+Square.jpg Blog - Prayer in Jefferson Square “Prayer in Jefferson Square” is based on a photo by Tyler Gerth, taken during the Black Lives Matter uprisings in the summer of 2020, used with permission. Artwork by Susan E. Brooks https://susanebrooks.com/blog/grief-meditation-6-the-journey-will-not-destroy-us monthly 0.5 2021-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1615565765209-RR4DVCM6D0DE8V1UUK4P/We%27re+All+on+a+Journey.jpg Blog - Grief Meditation #6: The Journey Will Not Destroy Us Grief Is a Wolf Series: We All Face Barriers on the Journey, Oil Pastel on Mat Board, 40 x 30 inches by Susan E. Brooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1615572601800-ELOJKS0HUKQMT29SV28W/through+the+fire.jpg Blog - Grief Meditation #6: The Journey Will Not Destroy Us This ink tile abstract reminded me of the verse above, with the orange ink forming feet and legs, and then the wall of blue looking like water in front of them. Artwork by Susan E. Brooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1615566276493-G4CAJ4SDR1755V8VWDYR/GRief+Holds+the+Remote.jpg Blog - Grief Meditation #6: The Journey Will Not Destroy Us https://susanebrooks.com/blog/grief-is-a-photobomber monthly 0.5 2021-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1615477402372-07ABHRDSG192KB8MT9K7/SBrooks%2C+Grief+is+a+Photobomber.jpg Blog - Grief Is a Photobomber “Grief is a Photobomber” 18 x 24 inches, oil pastel on paper, by Susan E. Brooks https://susanebrooks.com/blog/embracing-grief monthly 0.5 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1615304052113-PGPOWGIO7SF1NI0CBV51/SBrooks%2C+Embracing+Your+Grief.jpg Blog - Embracing Grief Embracing Grief, 24 x 18 inches, oil pastel on paper, is part of my solo show at KORE Art Gallery. The show runs from March 3 until April 4, 2021. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/you-are-not-your-grief monthly 0.5 2021-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1615218314403-90726YZUGERPZNMYANT6/You+Are+Not+Your+Grief.JPG Blog - You Are Not Your Grief “You Are Not Your Grief” 18 x 24 inches, oil pastel on paper, is part of my solo show at KORE Art Gallery. The show runs from March 3 until April 4, 2021. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/gudg0hthfbh847qusk6xpjuifr60i9 monthly 0.5 2021-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1614956765740-SPLG2X0T1GOE37N82O0Z/FAcing+Grief.jpg Blog - Facing Grief “Facing Grief” is on display as part of my solo show at Kore Art Gallery this month. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/grief-is-a-wolf monthly 0.5 2021-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1614886644002-070ATFPN8D7YMDLSGB2Z/Grief+is+a+wolf+%E2%80%93+Version+2.jpg Blog - Grief Is a Wolf https://susanebrooks.com/blog/zpt6v0g0y493hnuqcfg64xqqm7w8o5 monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://susanebrooks.com/blog/solo-show-in-march-finally monthly 0.5 2021-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1613421330320-3WLYPFKNAR2SOYVEFJP4/KRM+20+Mother+and+child.jpg Blog - Solo Show in March, Finally! After waiting a year because of COVID-19, my solo show is happening! The above artwork is based on a photo from the archives of Kentucky Refugee Ministries, used with permission. https://susanebrooks.com/blog/uncertainty-is-okay monthly 0.5 2021-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7cc72c287885662b55c248/1612987229051-HC2SDN17KYPQ9LUG4U3B/IMG_5282.JPG Blog - Uncertainty Is Okay The Lily Pond at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Oil Pastel on Mat Board, by Susan E. 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