20th April 2026. The two sets of butchers’ hooks I ordered arrived yesterday. One set looks as though the hook, while being fine for the painting end, may not be so suited to the pole. The others are absolutely big … Continue reading Diary of an Exhibition
Reworked buildings. © Suzanne Conboy-Hill 2026 Continue reading Bend in the river
Below are the videos associated with the images in the book; in order, front to back, just in case the AR (augmented reality) doesn’t work for you. Expect audio! Below are the B FROG FALL – FRONT COVER ADUR RIVER … Continue reading Frog Fall video layers
I’m beginning to think that the first few times you do something new, it takes around 90% of the total time it will ever take you in the future, especially if you have cats. This began as a kind of … Continue reading Digital stop-motion
Flat, uninspired, bland. Maybe it was the rain and the sky looking like the bottom of a bucket. Whatever, I took brush to canvas without really thinking about it and the result is above. It feels better; I’ve tackled the … Continue reading “Delusions2”
This is based on a photo taken from the new bridge. The line of pinkish growth is a long stretch of reeds which crosses the often boggy, uncultivated fields. The yellow area is actually a bright green because it was … Continue reading Delusions of Rio Grande
6th November, 2025. A lucky misquote of the original, which suggested that building it would attract unspecified kinds of ‘he’, and that isn’t what you want in a back garden. This building involves ponds, which I put in not long … Continue reading “Build it and they will come”
Both of these are from my own photos. The first has been abstracted by layering and scraping, thereby revealing evidence of the earlier painting, which contributes both colour and texture. Clearly very different in style, I made these alongside each … Continue reading Stylised shrubs and misty, foggy river bank
Unfortunately, I can’t remember which ones! In this series, I’m painting over old pieces that no longer have relevance and so they come with their own underpainting. This is another 6×8″ canvas. I’ve done a lot of finger-blending with this … Continue reading Fields at Beeding
I’m not sure why I couldn’t find the early-stage iterations yesterday, but here is one of them. It may be another example of my tendency to skip over the more painterly stages and go straight on to the dramatic. That … Continue reading Adur river bank – view across the fields
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