Category Archives: en plein air

Sky Arts ‘Landscape Artist of the Year’ 2021/22

Posted on 22 February, 2022 by Susan Isaac

Last year I found myself being caught on camera again – in a second sojourn to a Sky Arts ‘Landscape Artist of the Year‘ set, having been upgraded from a Wild Thing on the previous series to a Pod Dweller … Continue reading →

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‘The Green Fuse’ – part of the Living Landscape Project

Posted on 30 August, 2021 by Susan Isaac

Over the summer I have been creating a living sculpture, ‘The Green Fuse’, as part of the Living Landscape artists trail at the HopBarn in Nottinghamshire. This project grew out of a small gathering of artists and makers invited by … Continue reading →

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Reviewing my work from 2020

Posted on 4 March, 2021 by Susan Isaac

Two months into 2021 has given me a little space to think about and review my work from last year, so … 2020 started well enough, with two of my paintings having been accepted to be in the Open 30 … Continue reading →

Sky Arts ‘Landscape Artist of the Year 2020/21’

Posted on 3 February, 2021 by Susan Isaac

In August 2020 I found myself taking part in filming for Sky Arts ‘Landscape Artist of the Year’. With episode 2 having been broadcast in January, it seems a good time to give my recollection of that particular day. Having … Continue reading →

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Rabbit Hole Day (Harley Open 2020)

Posted on 28 July, 2020 by Susan Isaac

This piece was selected to be part of the Harley Open 2020 exhibition, which runs from 1 Aug to 1 Nov, 2020. It was amongst the first paintings I made during the Coronovirus lockdown days at the end of March … Continue reading →

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Paint Out Norfolk 2020 – Day 8 (Trowse & Prizes)

Posted on 25 July, 2020 by Susan Isaac

A couple of day’s after the event (I was really tired when it finished), here is my account of the final day of the Paint Out Norfolk 2020 event. The painting locations for the last day were narrowed to the … Continue reading →

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Paint Out Norfolk 2020 – Day 7 (St Benets)

Posted on 22 July, 2020 by Susan Isaac

For today’s Paint Out Norfolk session, I went off-piste and followed my nose to a site called St Benet’s Abbey on the river Bure in the Norfolk Broads. Once again my Sat Nav was very ‘creative’ but I arrived eventually. … Continue reading →

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Paint Out Norfolk 2020 – Day 6 (Wells-next-the-Sea)

Posted on 21 July, 2020 by Susan Isaac

Wells-next-the-Sea is an old favourite of mine, with its many distinctive features and so I was delighted that this was one of the options for our sixth day of plein air locations. By the time I’d arrived the sun was … Continue reading →

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Paint Out Norfolk 2020 – Day 5 (Burgh Castle)

Posted on 20 July, 2020 by Susan Isaac

My Sat Nav took me on a merry dance this morning, taking me over several rather daunting self-service level crossings and down a very long and unlikely single-track concrete road but, eventually, with the additional aid of an out-of-date OS … Continue reading →

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Paint Out Norfolk 2020 – Day 4 (Cromer)