Inside the Studio: Bill Suttles’ Color Mixing Moment

Some moments in the studio don’t need explanation — they simply are.
While sorting images today, I came across this clip of Dad mixing colors on the palette, and it stopped me. These short, passing gestures are the foundation of everything he creates. There’s no drama, no performance — just instinct, experience, and decades of muscle memory responding to whatever the painting needs next.

For me, these small studio moments are often more meaningful than the finished artworks. They show the honesty of the work: the searching, the mixing, the hesitation, and the spark of something new forming right on the palette.