Near Shannon Falls  acrylic on canvas 36" x 48"

Ravine acrylic on canvas 36" x 60"
I am currently working on a series of woodland paintings.  The  complexity of the imagery, combining minimal sky, vertical forms, tangles of roots, soft carpets of moss challenge me to find the structure in the composition.  So often I have turned my back on the forests, heading instead for the shore and the action of the waves and wind, the ancient formations of rock molded by the elements.  Now I am returning to the coolness of the woods, full of mystery, decomposition and rebirth.

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  1. Beverly HubleyAugust 21, 2012 at 6:51 PM

    Hi Susan,Re your latest work;You certainly are going through a transformation. I find a lot of movement in the recent work,too much in some. It is interesting to see you evolve and where you will arrive in your abstraction.

    Beverly

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