Susan Wagner

My image anchors are based on landscape, architecture, and other forms in the natural world. Sometimes the paintings or collages come from what I observe in local surroundings—many times they are from my travels or hikes throughout the U.S. or other countries. My aim is to communicate a meaningful visual story.

I experiment with materials. I almost exclusively work with oil paint, however, I started using Venetian plaster on the canvas in some paintings about 8 years ago as another texture dimension. I deliberately use it within my composition armature. I also make monotypes, paper cutouts or collage, and mixed media work.  Many times I mix medias by using paint, paper and other juicy materials. See more of my work at www.susanwagnerart.com