Entries by Susan Mains (143)

Tuesday
Apr212020

You, Me, and Everyone we know -- Quarantine

Since mid March I have been home, sequestered, quarantined, isolated.  Not alone--my husband and three dogs provide enough entertainment.

And red fish.  You know that I have followed themes for many years-- I jump down a rabbit hole and am compelled to chase until it catches me.  

Who knows why these red fish have been my muse of choice for the past inside weeks.  I have had a thought ever since reading 100 Years of Solitude and then later Love in a Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez of a scene he paints with words.  It is a drawing room, in a time of severe heat and humidity.  He envisions red fish swimming in a school through the air. For years I have played with the idea that I should paint that.  

So, here come the fish.  The fish of my dreams.  The fish of my imagination.  The red fish.  I tried to stop, but everything I painted was trash.  So I scraped the surface and painted a fish. 

"One fish, two fish, RED fish, blue fish." Dr. Seuss

We don't really know when this will be over.  WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHEN THIS WILL BE OVER!!!

Until, I continue to paint. 

 

Red Fish Detail

 

Tuesday
Dec312019

2020 -- New Year, new work.

Opening 2020 in Barbados!  Hope you can come for the opening if you are around. Sunday 12th Jan at Gallery of Caribbean Art in Barbados.

Have recently found family roots in Barbados from long ago, and exploring those links.

The Ancestor Series
The Ancestors SeriesJust having fun. No my ancestors were not sheep.

Sunday
Dec082019

Barbados here we come!

You are welcome to come!  New work by Susan Mains and Catherine Forter Chee-a-tow.  Opens 12th Jan at 5.30 pm

 See you in BIM!

Saturday
Aug312019

A summer of painting...

After the intensive work of setting up the Grenada Pavilion for the Biennale di Venezia, summer days were filled with me in the studio painting. Actually my favourite place to be.

Just sharing a little with you.  Projects on the horizon.  

Work Boat Sailing 72" x 44" Oil

Workboats Red Sail 72" x44" OilMore Workboats 72" x 44" oil

 

 

 

 

Saturday
Jan192019

News you will want to know! Art House 473 opens in Grenada.

A long held dream comes to reality.  An art centre in Grenada.  It will be a home for Susan Mains Gallery,

Art School Greenz, studio space, and for the future, an international artist residency.

See more of the story here on the gallery site.  Click here for more info!

Art House 473 in Calliste

 


Big space for Big works of art!!

More info Please!!