Why, yes! My art is in esteemed company. In the month of August, while my latest art exhibit is on display, the Michigan Shakespeare...

I am finally getting around to sharing some recent work with you! The oil painting at the right is one of my newest pieces. The painting...

Arts for the Spirit is a program of rotating art exhibitions that has been implemented in the Beaumont Hospitals in Southeast Michigan....

As you are reading this, Fusion of Light & Color: A Stained Glass Inspiration is being dismantled and boxed up! It was displayed...

What is your preferred atmosphere to work in? I love being in and painting in my studio. It's not large or fancy, but I have everything I...

Snow is piled up outside and the wind bites at our cheeks, but inside my studio I experience the best of two worlds. It's warm and cozy...

You might recognize these walls if the Coffee Bean in Plymouth is one of your haunts. Today was the day I put up a collection of my...

My Charleston adventure has begun! As planned, the Flex was stuffed to the hilt complete with carrier on top. I found a My First Art Fair...

JS Aitken blogs about preparing for first art festival - the Charleston-Mt. Pleasant Art Festival and posts her new oil painting "Jasmi

Susan Aitken is creating a series of stained glass style oil paintings with gargoyles. Read more about gargoyles and her new work!

Happy Friday everyone! I was out of town this past week, visiting parents in New Jersey, and was able to put the final touches on two...

Happy Spring! Now that it's official we need the weather to cooperate. Perhaps before Easter? At least do away with the patches of...

It's always fun when something you have ordered arrives on your doorstep - isn't online ordering great? Well, yesterday's truck brought...

...Other paintings have more direct connections to my personal experiences and are more intentional. For example, Tranquil Garden is inspire

It's a rare person who doesn't love a beautiful flower - and they certainly abound in the wonderful world of nature. Very soon (March...

Well, we can always hope that the March idiom "comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" stays true to form, since the lion part...

A touch of spring for those of us who have seen too much white, not enough sun, and just need a little green! Spring is officially only...

Frogoyle: Escape from Washington Cathedral (18 x 24", oil on canvas) has just hopped off the easel. Fun for me was the frogoyle, inspired...

Happy first day of February! This is the newest painting from the JS Aitken studio, which is somewhat of an experiment. I wanted see how...

So here I am, at the beginning! Not a bad place to be, really. In the spirit of introduction, I could label myself as wife, mother of...