Susan Greenbaum

Berry Season, encaustic, 12" square

Finding Truth, encaustic, 8" x 8"

These Things I Know, encaustic, 20" x 10"

Daydreaming, encaustic, 12" square

My experimental mixed-media work uses texture and variations of my colorful palette to build layers of mystery and surprises into each piece. The rhythmically expressive linework and mark-making are meant to guide the viewer throughout the painting and encourage personal interpretations and emotions. Using techniques of adding and removing paint, the design and strong contrasts often reveal a sense of the organic and natural world which inspires this intuitive process.

I seldom begin a painting with an idea of where I will end up. I become completely immersed in the joy of exploring whatever medium I am drawn to use at that particular moment in time. This method is totally in keeping with my own personality and willingness to experience life and respond to what it presents. My art is a pure conversation with the artistic choices I make and that dialogue allows the work to unfold. The end result expresses both the hand and the emotions of the artist--drawing on years of practice, education and reflecting in order to bring forward an intuitive work or art.