2019
About Susan Darwin
Born in New York City, Susan spent her first years in Fairhaven, MA, where she was surrounded by nature, the ocean, and animals. Over the years, she moved several times . . . NYC, Westchester, NY, Essex County, New Jersey — all the while, developing a practice of being present and painting responsively. This intense process grew into lengthy bursts of work that captured the essence of things: A series of fish. A series of quahogs. A series of distant horizons. A series of branches. Exploring life, gesture and meaning.
For the next ten years (starting in 2020), Susan will be turning her attention to a different location each year. Twenty paintings that serve as a visual essay of what the location inspires and what the location means. In a hurried world, where we are all caught up in our own stories, this series examines how often a location has the power to define us, but that locations also have the ability to awaken us, inspire us, and hopefully teach us to be HERE at any given moment.
2023 — New Jersey
2022 — Lancaster County, PA
2021 — New Bedford, MA
2020 — The Locust Grove Estate, Poughkeepsie, NY
At the moment, Susan lives in Millburn, NJ.
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