It’s important to have a bucket list. Professionally, I have a long list of things I would like to accomplish. Study with nationally acclaimed artists-check. Have my work purchased by commercial customers-check. Show my work in a stunning gallery with another artist whose work I greatly admire-soon to be realized. One month from today is the opening of my 2 person show at Art Access Gallery with Frank Satogata.
The show is titled “Kaleidoscope.” The definition of Kaleidoscope is: “A continually changing pattern of shapes and colors.” Further explanation of the show is: “The work of Susan Mahan and Frank Satogata embodies the meaning of the word Kaleidoscope. Floral subject matter assumes a secondary role to the ever-shifting colors, views and patterns. Vibrant hues, fragmented color fields and unusual perspective beg the viewer to take a second look.”
February 12 is the opening of the show. You are invited to join the celebration of this body of work. The gallery will be filled with over 40 pieces of new work. Each of us has interpreted a single photo. An installation of cropped images of our paintings printed on metal is also a highlight of the show.
My half of the show includes 21 new pieces. You may notice that my work continues to change and evolve. All photos are now being used as the paper source. It is exciting to explore this new technique. The work takes on a more expressive, painterly and impressionistic look. The addition of fine line painted detail over the paper adds additional visual interest. Visual tension between the loose paper work and the tight details painted over the paper adds areas of focus for the viewer to study. All pieces are heavily varnished which makes the paper edges disappear and take on the look of paint.
Please consider attending the opening from 5-8 PM at Art Access Gallery in Bexley, OH.
Here is a sneak peek of a couple of my new pieces included in the show. 
