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Music
The Beatles, Mozart, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel,Chopin, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Cash, The Dixie Chicks, Woody Guthrie, Wyclef Jean, Eddie Vedder, Marty Robbins, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris, Dave Matthews, Bob Denver, Cat Stevens
Movies
An Unreasonable Man, Brother Sun, Sister Moon; Cold Mountain, An Inconvenient Truth, Borat, Amadeus, Camelot, Frida, The Color Purple, Out of Africa, The Natural, Shakespeare in Love, Educating Rita, Moulin Rouge, Office Space, Moonstruck, Tootsie, Sense and Sensibility, The Adventures of Mark Twain, Forrest Gump, Antoinette (1930s version), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, Walk the Line, A Beautiful Mind, The Insider, All the President's Men, North by Northwest, Erin Brockovich, Pride & Prejudice w/Colin Firth, The Pelican Brief, Borat, The Secret, Shining Through, The Princess Bride, The U.S. vs John Lennon, The Corporation, THE SECRET
Television
Real Time with Bill Maher, CNN, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Sex and the City, PBS's Now, History Channel, IFC, Turner Movie Classics, Oprah
Books
Hugo's Les Miserables, Stephen Kinzer's Overthrow, Cold Mountain, Democracy Betrayed (Tyson & Cecelski), Silent Spring, The Book of Jonah, Huckleberry Finn, Restoration, A Confederacy of Dunces, Lady Chatterly's Lover,The Age of Innocence, Sister Carrie, The Orchid Thief, Oral History (Lee Smith), Me and My Baby View the Eclipse, Conversations With God, did I say Overthrow? Overthrow. Cancer Wars, The Pelican Brief
Heroes
Martin Luther King, Jr.; Ida B. Wells; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Albert Schweitzer, Raoul Wallenberg, Caroline Cox, Peter Montague, Harriet Tubman
The Art of Susan's Details
Status:
Divorced
Here for:
Networking
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Salisbury/Greensboro
Zodiac Sign:
Pisces
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
artist & writer
Income:
Less than $30,000
The Art of Susan has published her first book, A Game Called Salisbury. Posted at 7:18 AM Dec 9, 2007 view more
A native North Carolinian, with a richly mixed ancestry, Susan Wells Vaughan was born in Salisbury and moved to the Outer Banks in 1990. She began painting with tempera and newsprint when she was ten and has been involved in art professionally for over twenty years.
She studied art at several colleges and universities in North Carolina including UNCG where she received a BA in English. After graduation, she continued her studies as a Commercial Art student at Guilford Technical Community College. Mostly self-taught, Susan's painting style is inspired by Grandma Moses, Georgia O'Keefe, Van Gogh and Grant Wood.
Her folky town portraits and her whimsical depictions of Outer Banks scenes have brightened the covers of local publications and one published book. In addition, Susan's work has won numerous awards in local competitions, including two People's Choice awards, two Merit awards, and one Excellence award in the Frank Stick Memorial Art Show and runner-up twice in the local "Beach Book" cover competition. Outer Banks Magazine included her among its 1997-98 featured artists.
Her Wright Brothers Memorial painting was featured on the cover of the largest circulating issue of the Virginian Pilot Carolina Coast in December 2003 in honor of the First Flight Centennial celebration, and her "Sunset at Jockey's Ridge" painting enhances the cover of the Spring '07 issue of The North Beach Sun.
Her mediums include acrylic on canvas, watercolor, and pen and ink. Susan has dabbled in amateur photography, quilt-making, cross-stitch design, samplers, jewelry making, and graphic design. She has also fashioned and painted a one-of-kind chair, decorated with unique marbles, which she donated to a local auction.
In addition, she plays the flute on occasion as a pastime.
More about the paintings:
Detailed, representational, colorful depictions of southern towns in a series, titled, "The Southern Sampler" and other subjects mostly related to North Carolina life, landscape or history. Originals are painted with acrylic on canvas and reproduced as giclees or lithographs as limited edition, signed/numbered prints. Paintings have won numerous local awards and have been featured in Outer Banks publications and on covers of local brochures and guides.
You can order prints here or you can visit the KDH Cooperative Gallery to see some originals and check out artwork from more Outer Banks locals.
What Susan is working on now: Susan is currently in the process of finishing and publishing a book titled A Game Called Salisbury, documenting two historical lynchings of N.C. and the politics and propaganda perpetuated by white supremacy. She hopes to get back to painting soon.
O Great Spirit of our Ancestors, I raise my pipe to you, to your messengers the four winds, and to Mother Earth who provides for your children. Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love, to respect, and to be kind to each other so that they may grow with peace in mind. Let us learn to share all the good things that you provide for us on this Earth.
Hello my friend how are you doing? well i am sorry for not write you you for very long time.... hope you dont mind, the truth is that i got some of my own problem and thats why i am not on the mood to talk to any one... anyway i am ok now... well i just wanna say hello to you and wish you a good day... talk to you soon. regards Tashi PS if you have facebook, you can add me there with this email address tashi.d.tsering@gmail.com i use facebook for personal stuff no political....
WELLLLLL...I HAVE BEEN SUPER BUSY...CHANGING AROUND SEASONAL DECOR...FROM SUMMER TO AUTUMN...CATCHING UP ON CLEANING..SO FAR BEHIND BECAUSE OF THIS BACK OF MINE..GRRRR...AND STILL MOVING "TURTLE SLOW"...LOL..AM TRYING TO ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN AS WELL...WANTED TO STOP BY AND SAY HI...LUV YAS.... SMOOCHES!!!
I HOPE YOUR WEEKEND WILL BE A GOOD ONE...IT'S SO PRETTY OUT..THE WARM DAYS ARE TICKING AWAY...SO ENJOY...I HAVE TO SEE WHAT MY BACK WILL LET ME GET INTO...IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GIVE ME PERMISSION TO DO ANYTHING..HEHEHE SMOOCHES!!!
HI...HOW'S IT GOIN'???..FALL HERE HASN'T GOTTEN INTO THE REALLY PRETTY PART, BUT IT'S ON IT'S WAY!!! CHANGES HAVE STARTED...INCLUDING THE COOLER TEMPS...BRRR!!! HOPE YOUR "HUMP" DAY IS GOING GOOD!!! MUCH LOVE!!! SMOOCHES!!!
HOPE YOUR DAY WILL BE A GOOD ONE!!! MINE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE ANYTHING SPECIAL..EVERYONE WILL BE GONE TODAY...SO I WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF MISCHIEF I CAN GET INTO..HEHEHE SMOOCHES!!!
SOOOOOO HAVE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING....MY SCHEDULE IS ALL OUT OF WHACK...A DIFFERENT SUMMER FOR SURE..AND ISN'T IT FLYING??? CAN'T BELIEVE FALL WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT. IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE IT HERE. I HOPE YOU ARE DOING OKAY. SMOOCHES!!!
Hope that your summer starts nicely Knowing that you like our music I thought I'd let you know that we have uploaded 4 new songs in our player, feel free to come listen... They are from our second CD which is now released and should be available in fine record stores close to you
HEYYYY GIRLIE-FRIEND!!! I HAVE HAD A DECENT WEEK AND HOPEFULLY TOMORROW WILL BE A NICE DAY FOR A GREAT END TO IT. GOT SOME SUN...HAD DINNER OUT WITH HUBBY FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY (23)...AND GOT MY POOL GOING..NOW THE WATER IS JUST A BIT NIPPY...BUT I AM SURE IT WILL GET GOOD USE SOON...NO DRAMA...IT'S BEEN PEACEFUL..AND THAT IN IT SELF IT NICE..I HOPE YOUR LIL' WORLD HAS BEEN A JOY AS WELL. NITEY NITE, SMOOCHES!!!
HOPE YOU HAD A NICE WEEKEND AND THAT THE WEEK WILL BE AS GOOD TO YA...DIDN'T GET THE BAD STORMS THAT WERE PREDICTED..YEA!!! I LAYED OUT TODAY..GOT A BIT OF A BURN ALONG WITH A HEADACHE...LOL...GOT WHAT I DESERVED I GUESS..LOL AT LEAST IT WAS A GORGEOUS, SUNNY DAY WITH ALL THE BILLOWY CLOUDS..THE ONES WHERE I COULD GUESS WHAT THEIR SHAPES WERE PICTURING...PROBABLY WHERE THE HEADACHE CAME FROM, HUH??? SMOOCHES!!!
Olá! May we all find tenderness such as this moment evokes. Above is my latest commission. I really loved how it turned out: The expressions, the hands, everything. It has left me totally exhausted and wired at the same time.
HOWDY-DO TO YOU!!! HOW R YA??? ME??? MUCH, MUCH BETTER...STILL HAVE TO TAKE THINGS SLOWLY AND REST A BIT...BUT MUCHO BETTER!!! JUST KICKING BACK NOW..GOT A FEW THINGS TO DO AND THEN GET READY FOR "IDOL"...SO HAVE A NICE EVENING...K??? SMOOCHES!!!
THIS IS SOOOOO COOL!!! I HAVE A STAINED GLASS WINDOW OF LIGHTHOUSES IN MY FRONT WINDOW...AND WE HAVE A FULL MOON SHINING THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW.....SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!! SO ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE FULL MOON RIGHT NOW LIKE ME??? HEY...I PUT THIS REALLY NEAT FEATURE ON MY PROFILE PAGE...YOU CAN HEAR MY MESSAGE AND ALSO SEND ME ONE BY PHONE..AND THEN I CAN HEAR YOU!!! SUCH A WONDERFUL TOOL TO PUT A VOICE TO THE FACE..DON'T YA THINK??? WELL, GONNA GET OFF OF HERE AND FINISH MY LAST LOAD OF LAUNDRY...I WANT TO LAY OUT TOMORROW...YEAH BABY!!!
We Writers—We Painters—We Singers of Songs are travelers who make our own maps. As usually, I have been deep into the inks and have five new paintings on my page. In my blog I have posted a number of poems from the 90’s and a few new ones.
I trust your creative fires have been burning brightly. -Duane
