Hand-made inks from natural sources such as indigo, acacia bark, Brazilwood, cutch, walnut, tumeric, cochineal, combine with India ink marks to evoke organic patterns, weather, sound. Drawings evoke energies of nature on an intimate, microscopic scale.

Fall of Particles, Natural Ink, 16x11” 2024

Rain, natural ink, 17x12” 2024

Inner Music, natural ink, 21x15” 2024

Panoply, natural ink, 21x16” 2024

Toward the End of the Journey, natural ink, 21x15” 2024

Waterfall, natural ink, 15x10” 2023

Reality Beckons, natural ink, 15x10” 2023

Field Light, mixed media, 21.5”x15.5,” 2023

Field Notes, mixed media, 19”x14,” 2023

Field of Joy, mixed media, 21”x15.5,” 2022

SSutro Marking Lives #2, ink on paper, 19x16 2021.jpg

Marking Lives #2, natural inks, 19x16,” 2021

SSutro Marking Lives Covid19 #3, ink on paper, 19x16 2021 - Copy.jpg

Marking Lives #3, natural inks, 19x16",” 2021

SSutro Marking Lives Covid19 #4, ink on paper, 21x15 2021.JPG

Marking Lives #4, natural inks, 21x15,” 2021

S. Sutro, Inner Motion #1, natural ink on paper, 18x14.JPG

Inner Motion #1, natural inks, 18"x14” 2018                 

S. Sutro, Inner Motion #11, natural inks, 21x14 2019 - Copy.JPG

      Inner Motion #11, natural inks, 21"x14" 2019