Showing Up
by Susan Hartman
Mixed Media on Canvas
18” x 24”
$1,200
Artist Biography:
I reside in Long Beach, California. I am originally from Minnesota where I earned my MFA from the University of Minnesota.
Memberships: Los Angeles Arts Association; Long Beach Arts Council; Artclout; Southern California Women's Art Collective; Women Artists West; Open Studio Tour, Long Beach; Huntington Beach Art Center; Long Beach Museum of Art.
Exhibitions: Rod Briggs Art Gallery, Long Beach; Citibank, Minneapolis, Mn.; Huntington Beach Art Center; Greenly Art Space, Long Beach; Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside, Ca.; Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca.
Artist Statement:
For me, abstract painting is the most authentic and expansive form of expression. It allows me to explore my thoughts, feelings, intuition and playfulness without constraint. Color is central to my work-it carries emotion, establishes rhythm, and shapes atmosphere. Texture, line, and form build layers of movement and energy which invites the viewer into a personal encounter with my work. I am less interested in representation than in response-by translating what remains emotionally and intuitively after an experience.
by Susan Hartman
Mixed Media on Canvas
18” x 24”
$1,200
Artist Biography:
I reside in Long Beach, California. I am originally from Minnesota where I earned my MFA from the University of Minnesota.
Memberships: Los Angeles Arts Association; Long Beach Arts Council; Artclout; Southern California Women's Art Collective; Women Artists West; Open Studio Tour, Long Beach; Huntington Beach Art Center; Long Beach Museum of Art.
Exhibitions: Rod Briggs Art Gallery, Long Beach; Citibank, Minneapolis, Mn.; Huntington Beach Art Center; Greenly Art Space, Long Beach; Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside, Ca.; Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca.
Artist Statement:
For me, abstract painting is the most authentic and expansive form of expression. It allows me to explore my thoughts, feelings, intuition and playfulness without constraint. Color is central to my work-it carries emotion, establishes rhythm, and shapes atmosphere. Texture, line, and form build layers of movement and energy which invites the viewer into a personal encounter with my work. I am less interested in representation than in response-by translating what remains emotionally and intuitively after an experience.