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Stone Faced box

Sue Banks — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:40:19 +0000

I just love painting stones. The bottom and sides of this box are painted as dark faux marble. The title of my box references all the little faces I saw hidden in the stone textures and surface markings as I worked on the piece. My signature bug is a dragon fly on the inside, which […]

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Driftwood and Stones table

Sue Banks — Wed, 28 May 2025 18:25:49 +0000

This painting was a commission for an insert on a vintage coffee-table. The client provided all the inspirational stones, the shell, the delicate tiny horseshoe crab, and the wonderful piece of driftwood, as well as the unpainted wood insert. The request was for green marble with subtle markings. I do enjoy painting all the various […]

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Sixteen Stones

Sue Banks — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:51:09 +0000

I was concerned when I was given 16 small stones and asked to paint them in a grid, on a white (cream) background, on a square canvas (14″ X 14″). In the end, I was delighted! I love this piece. The drama of the individual stones really works. Yes, I did enlarge each stone greatly, […]

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Stones and Stripes Victorian Table

Sue Banks — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:31:39 +0000

This charming Victorian table was brought to me by a client along with at least 150 of his own stones to serve as models. I painted about 2/3 of them and also included some from my own collection. He wanted only the table top painted and asked that the remainder of the table be left […]

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