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ACEO original Basket of Bread Painting on Wood Veneer by Susan Thau

ACEO original Basket of Bread Painting on Wood Veneer by Susan Thau

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This miniature work of original art is a combination of woodburning and acrylic painting by artist Susan Thau. The material used is double-ply real walnut wood veneer which is about the thickness of an average playing card. The painting is standard ACEO size of 3.5 by 2.5 inches

My two greatest interests in life are reading and painting. I have decided to paint an ACEO for every book that I read. This should keep me occupied for a long time.

"Continental Breakfast" -- This painting of a basket of bread was inspired by reading Kate Christensen's novel The Great Man. It is hard to know what will stick in your mind after reading a book. This book dealt with two writers who were interviewing the members of the family of a deceased famous artist. The artist had a wife and a mistress and two separate families who were aware of each other, as well as a sister who was an artist in her own right. There was a lot going on in the novel, with differing opinions and assessments of the artist's life, yet what I found myself remembering is the basket of bread that the mistress bought each Saturday as she breakfasted with an old friend. I like bread.

Since most of my art consists of painting on driftwood and other types of wood, I was delighted to find this wood veneer that I could use for for my art cards. I can still woodburn my paintings, and still let the beauty of the wood grain show through as it does in my other work.

Susan Thau has been painting on driftwood gathered from the beaches near her Kent Island home since 1992. A completely self-taught artist, she has developed her own style which combines woodburning and painting with acrylics. Susan particularly enjoys working with driftwood because the great variety in the shape, size and surface texture of each piece of wood makes each painting a true one of a kind. Susan began her career by specializing in portraits of the lighthouses that serve as beacons along our country’s coastline, and is well known at the craft fairs in the midatlantic area. All of the lighthouses depicted are taken from extensive resource material on actual lighthouses, and the artist strives to make her paintings as accurate as possible. She has since expanded her body of work to include decoys, shorebirds, waterfowl, fish, and anything else that strikes her fancy.

Added on Nov 17, 2009