This idea would be familiar to any working-class populations in the post-war North of England, where industry was just getting back on its feet. The white canvas becoming a burning book, factory chimneys, bleak housing, and what at this point … Continue reading Smoke, smog, and yellow air.
If you have a telescope. My course ends on July 3rd, but formal Assessment doesn’t happen until mid-September, by which time I’ll have forgotten I was ever on it. I have a choice; pack everything away and reclaim my conservatory, … Continue reading The end is in sight!
This started out as plants. Became an unspecified seascape. Acquired an air-borne sea mammal. And then a time-lapse skyline. I’ve reached the point here where I have an image but no narrative, and without the narrative, there is no life. … Continue reading Rising weather
First thing to say, just in case my work becomes internationally famous and people start flocking to the village looking for it, is that there’s no such feature as crater lake, there’s only the natural pond that’s been banked up … Continue reading Crater Lake v2
Began as a rejected canvas and found new life as another alternative creation myth! Collaged adjustments, hand-drawn on tissue, consistent with the title. Further detailing of the legs, plumage and background. Removed the collaged tissue and repainted the bird’s plumage. © Suzanne Conboy-Hill 2026 The painting is here and this is the story: When the universe made the first world, she was not pleased with its attitude so she destroyed it in fire and gravitational compression. Her second attempt was a little more satisfactory; more rounded, less lumpy and with the kind of rotation that didn’t fling everything on it … Continue reading Singer of Worlds
Reworked buildings. © Suzanne Conboy-Hill 2026 Continue reading Bend in the river
Small but delicate reworking using collaged tissue to create texture in the foreground. © Suzanne Conboy-Hill 2026 Continue reading Flooding river
Wholly repainted. FoxExisting somewhere between friend and foe, hunter and hunted,this small creature; rust red, autumn leaf brown,and finding something approaching peace here,approaches the water,taking an opportunistic drink anddisappearing instantly when your shadow moves against the window.It doesn’t know which … Continue reading Fox
COVID: forgotten but not gone. Water-soluble oils and opportunistic collage on 15x10cm canvas. This tiny painting is made up of a background of water-soluble oils, a piece of paper I used to ensure ink flow in a pen, and inking … Continue reading Two small canvases
Bridge brickwork repainted. Further suggestions led to more amendments and a change in observation point. This picks out the raised footpath along the bank on the left and, I believe, makes clearer the sharp drop from there to the river. … Continue reading Beeding Bridge
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