Today I am celebrating one of my favourite Christmas films and how it inspired my latest digital painting. I also walk you through how this painting was made in a special in depth video about my digital painting process.
Read MoreHere is my virtual twist on open studios, where you get to visit my studios and me from the comfort of where ever you are viewing this post. Hope you enjoy!
Read MoreLearn all about stories that inspired the characters in my Best of British Collection by watching the full collection of mini films I made about each one. See them here gathered altogether in one place for easy viewing and select the stories that most interest you.
Read MoreRead the story behind my latest political caricature and watch a little video demo showing how I used a digital paint brush and colour palette to create this image.
Read MoreThis week I pay tribute to Remembrance Day with a toy inspired digital painting and take you on a journey around an artwork inspired by Brexit.
Read MoreIt’s been one humdinger of a week in American politics, read about my visual response to it through digitally painted political caricature and a short video spotlight of my oil on canvas painting First Past The Post.
Read MoreDreams of Tomorrow & Yesterday is part of a new series of narrative portraits which places street performers against an urban backdrop in which an inner world of hopes, fears and dreams are manifested in graffiti, street signage and textures.
Read MoreThe Acrobat is an allegory about balance and the inner energy that can both create and destroy. A diecast toy acrobat hovers in the air above an unlit bonfire of matches. The bonfire is on the one hand literal, a dormant promise of fire and all the associated dangers, but it is also a metaphor of an 'inner bonfire' of inspiration and energy, waiting to ignite. Action is on pause and expectations abound. What will become of the acrobat, will he spark the flame, escape the fire, or rise up, phoenix-like from its ashes?
Read MoreBridging the Gap is a painting about conflict and reconciliation, measuring out the space between with all it's ambiguity.
Read MoreThe next piece in my spot light series is my etching The Good Ship Union created last year amidst the heady atmosphere of the Brexit Vote. I wanted to make an image which grappled with the maze of contradictory arguments this vote triggered and continues to provokes today.
Read MoreTo mark the launch of this new website I am going to do a series of spot light blogs about individual paintings and the stories behind them. I'll kick things off with I Know Where I'm Going, 60 x 60 cm, oil on canvas.
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Susannah Nathanson is a London based figurative contemporary artist who specialises in narrative painting and prints, in particular still life allegories of vintage toys.
Welcome to my Blog! I'm Susie Nathanson, a London based artist specialising in story-telling paintings of people, animals and treasured objects.
