learning to draw

Susan Friedman

buried treasure
I have always been obsessed with ruin and decay, finding a kind of mysterious beauty in the surprises and juxtapositions that occur as I add, subtract, sand, and peel away the layers of my paintings.
I start a painting with no particular idea in mind. I use paint, old book pages, scarred ephemera, mark-making, and anything that comes to me in the process. Much of my work involves how fragments or collage elements mirror the landscape in its beauty and fragility. If the surface is smooth, what is underneath? What kind of secrets hide in the layers of paper and paint? What will the painting reveal as I excavate with sandpaper, knives, and tearing? My process is very tactile, physical and the image that emerges is a revelation—a buried treasure.
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