SusanGraham-Art.ca
SusanGraham-Art.ca
About the Art
Susan’s art work divides into several main periods that reflect an examination of life she was undertaking at the time (see below).
Her work explores the relationship between the intimate and the universal.
Whatever she paints, she goes deep into the subject - to extract an aspect of its nature at a specific time in its existence.
Susan works from life. She likes precision and immediacy. She likes brushwork.
When she’s working, she works fast, without correction. Every observation must be true, every stroke accurate and necessary. The concentration takes her to a place where there is nothing outside of the momentum of her work.
Red Annual Poppy 1
oil on canvas
14 X 36 inches
PORTFOLIO
Susan Graham
MBA, BA Hon, AOCA
Toronto
Portfolio
Order & Chaos in the Kingdom of Flowers
2001~present - oil on canvas & board, floral portraits
Essentially this body of work is about anger and beauty - taking things to the edge without going over - flowers as the central argument.
The Relationship between the Physical & the Emotional
1990~2001 - oil on canvas, cityscapes
The tone of this project is reflective. The intention is to reveal emotional response to the physical world in which we live.
1990~1994 - oil on canvas & board, interiors
Chronicles the installations at Fredericton’s Gallery Connexion artist-run centre when it was about five years into its mandate.
1985~1993 - oil on canvas & board, portraits in situ
Artists working in their studios.
(Or not)
1981~1990 - oil on canvas & board, portraits
A broad cross-section of the population of the City of Saint John NB. was invited into the studio.
1975~1980 - drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media etc.
In these years of formal art education Susan experimented with different media. Her final year she studied bronze casting in Italy.
All dates - all media
These pieces capture the informal and the exploratory... a domestic moment, the first tentative steps into a new direction.