Susan Slomski • Studio Stories

Susan Slomski

Whether large scale or small, I am always employing color theory, Triads or Tetrads, with a new dimension of limiting pallette. These two theoretical approaches together allow me to create dynamic colorful works that are visually pleasing to the human eye. It is a magnificent feeling when the color is working together with composition to create the desired effect. The large painting I am presenting here is entitled 'The Hills of the Western Slope', 24x36. It was debuted in March at the Open Studios Gallery at Cheyenne's Art Walk where I was also their Featured Artist. The piece elicited wonderful commentary and curiosity, folks felt as if they had been to the place itself some adding, "I know where that is".
I titled this studio story "Bringing the Outside In" as this is how I view my work - I carry my experience and engagement with the Western landscape back into the studio where the mystique and the grandeur are expressed on canvas, immortalized in both large and small scale works, founded in color theory.