SUSAN SWARTZ is a practicing artist of over four decades who exhibits at prestigious institutions around the globe. Many have witnessed the breathtaking fruits of her labor, but only a few have experienced what takes place behind the scenes. From conception to completion, Susan engages a non-linear process of imagining the world more beautiful than it is.
In the video below, Susan describes how she finds inspiration.
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SUSAN IN HER PARK CITY, UT STUDIO
Susan divides her time painting in both Park City, UT and Martha's Vineyard, MA. Both locations provoke different inspiration for experimentation, composition, color palettes, and references to nature.
Susan spends the winter painting from Park City. Set in the high Wasatch Mountains, large windows seem to dissolve the boundary between the indoor studio and surrounding landscape. Susan chooses to keep her studio in the home because it is a space filled with love and warmth. The lights and music are often left on throughout the night so she can evaluate a day’s work.
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SUSAN IN HER Martha's vineyard studio
Studio time in Martha’s Vineyard is broken up by seaside walks and attention to botanical growth. Smaller works are displayed in rooms throughout the house to test arrangement, spacing and lighting. Here, Susan thrives off the energy of completed paintings and time spent absorbing natural surroundings.
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"I usually begin my mornings in the studio. A home studio allows me to work at all times of the day or night. Sometimes I just reflect and look at what has been completed. I enjoy the company of my completed works - I am energized by them."
-- Susan Swartz
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THE EVOLUTION OF A SERIES
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Nature Revisited 64, 201812 x 12 in
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Petals & Pollen 7, 201912 x 12 in
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Emerging Bouquet 13, 201912 x 12 in
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"Essence is the word that comes to mind with Susan Swartz's paintings. Nature is not replicated, but associated with color, light and form. The textures created from her palette knife and brushstrokes are energetic pulse points reminding us that life is a shimmering process, mysterious and unpredictable."
-- Terry Tempest Williams, Author: Refuge, An Unspoken Hunger and Finding Beauty in a Broken World
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Nature Revisited 62, 201824 x 12 in
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Nature Revisited 63, 201824 x 12 in
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Petals & Pollen 1, 201920 x 20 in
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Petals & Pollen 3, 201912 x 12 in
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Petals & Pollen 5, 201912 x 12 in
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Nature's Bouquet 7, 201912 x 12 in
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Emerging Bouquet 28, 202048 x 48 in
121.9 x 121.9 cmView more details
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"I am deeply inspired by the colors, textures, and sensations I experience in nature. On one particular walk, I was drawn to the various shades of green I noticed in the moss near a pond. The dampness of sea air and water just caused it to grow in abundance. And on top was debris from fall leaves, mixed with sprouts of fresh grass, and green growing up for the spring. The combination of greens and golds and browns inspired my work in the studio."
-- Susan Swartz
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