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For Every Season

Mrs. Susan Hotard · Jun 1, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Eccl 3:5 a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing

A time to paint, a time to cease painting

For 7 weeks, my husband and I homeschooled and nurtured our two grandchildren, ages 4 and 7, while their mother recovered from Covid 19 and both parents worked from home in New Orleans.

It was a time to cease painting.

Instead it was a time to experience, a time to collect memories to store away for future paintings.

A time to record photos of children living their lives

Riding bikes

Gathering rocks

Running through wildflowers and muddy puddles

Fishing, cooking, coloring, reading, learning, watching, praying, loving.

Now a time to rest, and a time to paint.

Soon.

So I’ll sort through my reference pictures, color notes, conjure up my feelings, load a brush. A Time to paint.


“My Name is Jujuanna Hotard!!!” by Susan Hotard
15″ x 30″ – Oil on canvas

“Elizabeth Lucille” by Susan Hotard
Oil on linen panel – 8″ x 10”

“Julianna in the Light” by Susan Hotard
Oil on linen panel – 11″ x 14”

I was flattered that my little granddaughter copied my paintings displayed in our house.

The vertical piece is a portrait I did of her when she was almost two years old entitled “My Name is Julianna Hotard!!!”, oil on canvas, 15x 30”.

The cat painting is “Elizabeth Lucille”, 8×10”, oil on linen panel.

The portrait of a young girl is entitled “Julianna in the Light”, 11×14”, oil on linen panel.

All the crayon drawings were done by 7 year old Julianna Hotard.

Wishing all of you and your loved ones good health and safety!

Susan Hotard OPA, AIS, NOAPS

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Susan Hotard, listed in Who’s Who in American Art, had a cover story in American Artist magazine (July/August 2005) and won the highest honor at The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts before moving to Texas with her husband in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Susan teaches portrait, figure, and still life workshops in Texas and Louisiana. She enjoys the vibrancy of both the New Orleans and Houston art communities.
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