Susan Garrington

Susan, is primarily self taught. A self directed study of reading ,visiting web sites and participation in workshops offered by both local and regional artists combined with visits to exhibitions at museums and galleries in North America, Great Britain and France have contributed to her growth as an artist. Susan has attended courses in plein air painting at Southampton Art School and in Killarney as well as drawing and painting courses offered by the University of Western Ontario Continuing Studies Department. Susan has painted on location in Southwestern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Newfoundland, England and France. She is a member of The Gallery Painting Group and the Brush and Palette Club and has served on the Executive of both clubs. She is a member of The Lambeth Art Association, The Central Ontario Art Association  and is an Associate member of The Canadian Society of Painters In Watercolour , The Society of Canadian Artists and The Transparent Watercolor Society of America..

Painting provides me with the opportunity to be outside all day and to share my love of nature with those who see my work.

My landscapes are inspired by plein air sketching sessions and sometimes paintings are completed on site. I walk through the landscape until I feel a physical reaction to what I am seeing. My goal is to capture that moment and produce an image with a personal resonance. Working on location allows me to absorb the sights, sounds, shapes and rhythms that present themselves, to be in the moment, to attempt to understand the spirit of the place. I work in other media, but watercolour is my preferred medium because its fluid range of values, from ephemeral to intensely saturated, can produce both luminous lights and mysterious darks which I use to intensify my interpretation of the spirit of a particular place and time.

 "Interesting is when one can produce a picture that is pretty, but with undercurrents. The metaphor that comes to mind is in the poems of Robert Frost." (Jamie Wyeth)