We have not been idle during this pandemic time.

Susan Mains Gallery is curating the exhibition for the Grenada Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai.

We are not confused, we know that it is 2021.  Expo 2020 will Start on Oct 1 and continue through Mar 22.

Watch the video prepared by the Government Information Service Team.  We are excited!!!

On the road to Dubai

An look back at the unknown...

I have been painting women images for decades, but for awhile I stopped using the adinkra symbols from Ghana.  Too much talk of "appropriation" and who has a right to tell the stories.

My historian Friend John Angus Martin recently said, "I like to think of the unknown as an exploration, a way of finding out truths hidden in our history..."

So here come the ladies again--a bit of mystery still intrigues us, and their allure is a Westindian melange. 

Melange 26" x 22"
Detail from Melange
Melange 26' x 22" acrylic on domestic cloth

Duality 30"x 30" acrylic on domestic
Both 30" x 46" acrylic on coffee bag

Never mind you haven't heard much from me....been working!

I have through the new year been quite occupied in our sealed off and safe Grenada, organizing art for the outside world.

Click and Read all about it here!Susan Mains My Vista Oil on Canvas 2020

Susan Mains Balies Bacolet Grenada

Series 2020

Detail Series 2020 DanceDuring lockdown and quarantine and slow economy, (read slooooooowwwwww) I have been painting in the studio.

Series 2020 is about observations of us and our Caribbean culture being affected by the imposed separation required in these times.

My concern is that culture is passed in groups, and we are losing daily what is intrinsicly "us".

These are large works -- 9 ft by 12 ft, executed on raw canvas.  

Series 2020 Dance

Getting ready to share with the Caribbean, and with you!

Join me for an interview with Natalie Urquhart about my work during the lockdown and quarantine. 

New works to show you!  On Friday Nov 13 at 1 pm.  

Big thanks for the opportunity  to Catapult, which is sponsored by the following: