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| Living Room (Yogi 2), 72 x 96 inches, oil on linen, 2013 |
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| 76 Meadow Woods Road, oil on linen, 72 x 120 inches, 2012 |
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| Navajo Rug, 14 x 14 inches, oil on linen, 2013 |
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| Pillow #1, oil on canvas, 14 x 14 inches, 2012 |
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| Wish You Were Here, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches, 2011 |
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| Diamond Street, Sumi ink on paper, 22 x 30 inches, 2011 |
It brings me great joy to look at and share the work of Philadelphia painter Becky Suss. I first came across her work when my studio mate Katie Pomerantz put together a beautiful show, Wish You Were There a few years ago. I recently stumbled back on her website and found some really interesting new work.
I love the way the images are composed and how they feel like continuations of each other from one painting to the next. The drawings are really intriguing too, there are quite a few depicting murals here around Philly (see last image). They blend many visual and conceptual thoughts: nature with architecture (which by itself has felt quite overdone as subject matter in my opinion) but also the faux nature depicted in the murals up against real trees and grass and then also the doubling of making drawings of paintings -- so there are all of these strange layers going on in the work that are really subtle and thoughtful and visually exciting.
Suss is currently in a show, Reprefantasion,with some other strong Philadelphia painters at Fleisher Ollman, on through February 1, I am so looking forward to seeing some of these in person.
I love the way the images are composed and how they feel like continuations of each other from one painting to the next. The drawings are really intriguing too, there are quite a few depicting murals here around Philly (see last image). They blend many visual and conceptual thoughts: nature with architecture (which by itself has felt quite overdone as subject matter in my opinion) but also the faux nature depicted in the murals up against real trees and grass and then also the doubling of making drawings of paintings -- so there are all of these strange layers going on in the work that are really subtle and thoughtful and visually exciting.
Suss is currently in a show, Reprefantasion,with some other strong Philadelphia painters at Fleisher Ollman, on through February 1, I am so looking forward to seeing some of these in person.
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