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Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 60 W x 72 H x 2 D in
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John Crowther Critic January 17, 2022 "Delicate and mysterious, Susan Wolfe Huppman’s "Mirror" is a large-scale masterful abstract painting that inescapably enhances any environment it is placed in. The soft, calming colors of the bottom half become increasingly dark and enigmatic as they make their way up the canvas. The pigments are so expertly mixed that one is hard-pressed to identify a single color. At most, we are left with shades whose color is as impenetrable as the canvas on which they are painted. These ephemeral clouds evoke, suggest, and entice but do not declare. Where they begin or end is as much of a mystery as what lies beyond them. This curious, inexplicable composition is a mirror not to ourselves or the world but what lies in-between the two. It is the ineffable ether unseen, unfelt, but imagined. We find in it everything that does not meet the eye; things that have no word or visual manifestation. Mystery itself." I painted this painting as an invitation to connect. I invite the viewer to come with me in search of the sublime. In my work I am always seeking a path to the infinite, to the mythic, to the universal. This piece is large so as to fill one's field of vision both externally and internally. This is an invitation for reflection and a respite from our frenetic world. Sooo hard to photograph. Sooo hard to steer. This one almost pulled me under but it let me go on the grounds that I stop expecting it to be otherwise and just accept it as it is. Yep, another self portrait. “Ogni Pittore Dipinge Se”, "Every painter paints himself", is a Tuscan proverb first documented in the 15th century. Been quoted in art criticism ever since.
Painting:Oil on Canvas
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Size:60 W x 72 H x 2 D in
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I make abstract paintings. Many of them are monochromatic color field pieces. Some of them are made using a brighter louder palette and some are quieter and neutral. My process can best be described as playful exploration in search of deeper connection. I work intuitively, intertwining properties of form, color and light into various arrangements that are intended to elicit an emotional resonance in the viewer. The work spans a range of emotions from quiet reflection to exuberant joy. In my quest to connect I use a variety of techniques and media. I am constantly drawn to experiment with new materials and new compositions. I feel that I am a conduit for my materials. I am in a dance with the paint. There is a slow drag of the brush across the canvas with oil. Waterborne media are faster and more dynamic, interacting with gravity for splashes and drips. I want my subconscious to bypass my ego and drive the work. This is why I paint; to discover something completely unplanned, surprising and beautiful. I studied Art History at Princeton, as well as painting, under Michael David, Harvey Quaytman and Heidi Gluck but particularly under the tutelage of Sean Scully who was my thesis show advisor. I studied Critical Theory under David Shapiro, himself a student of Meyer Shapiro, and and while I thoroughly enjoy a good critical shredding, in the end, art is good if you, the viewer, like it.
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