Henna Hand

The Henna tattoo is a common ritual in many countries and cultures.  I know of its use for the Bridal party in weddings in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.  While temporary, it is beautiful and unique.  The artists who apply the dye for the bridal parties are unique and creative in their chosen filed.  This is a marker drawing to capture one design in a more permanent mode.

Still Life

Happy Sunday, Olympics are over so everything can get back to normal.  This is an oil painting of a vase and flowers.  Enjoy!

Family Affair - Part Deux

This is a SCUBA diving painting done by my father, Richard Suitts.  I seem to have gotten part of my sense of adventure from him and an interest in Art.  He dove back in the early 1960s, i.e. almost pioneer stages compared to today's equipment and training.  He sought to capture his experiences in paint and succeeded pretty well.  He was 26 when he painted this.

Family Affair

This is a painting by my Father, Richard Suitts.  He probably did this around 1964ish.  It is an oil painting of the American Desert, probably of the Book Cliff area near Grand Junction, Colorado.  So Dad passed away in 1966 and my mom remarried to Richard Brandt.  Luckily for me, he raised me as his own.  He is an artist in his soul also and is a photographer.  So we go out on photo safaris and record the world as we see it and find it.

Signal Lantern

To finish up the railroad theme, this is a pen and ink sketch of a brakeman's lantern.  They were used to signal the engineer of the train and to signal other engines, if necessary.  I liked the look of it.

Cumbres and Toltec Narrow Gauge steam engine

If you are ever in Southern Colorado check out the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.  It is the old Denver, Rio Grande and Western Railroad's line across the San Luis Valley and into New Mexico.  The eastern terminus of the road near Antonito, Colorado was used in the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade movie's first scenes as the Circus train chase scenes.  The run finishes at Chama, New Mexico.  Half-way thru your trip the train stops for a lunch stop.  This is where I found Engine 487 and turned it into a pen and ink.

Today is my Grandfather's 93rd birthday, he helped with the train interest and took me out to see things like the Cumbres when I was young.  So Happy Birthday.

Galloping Goose - Part Deux

This is a pen and ink of the Galloping Goose with pines and thunderhead in the background.  This art shows the Goose as it looked in the early 1950s with the Wayne Bus body and the windows in the box for the tourists.  I Goose is also have this available on my Fine Art America site.  

http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/scott+suitts/all