Susan Seaborn

Website: susanseaborn.com
Email: susan_seaborn@yahoo.com
Instagram: @susandtx

Artist’s Statement

Peter's house is next door to my studio on the other side from the Wavy Anna reflecting house. On a dark moonless night when I was leaving the studio late, I noticed his blinds open and this warmly lit glowing interior contrasting so beautifully with the darkness of the barely visible house exterior. Rather than paint the visible objects, I wanted to capture some of Peter's personality in this painting - he is an art collector and lover of beautiful things - and toward that end I reduced the actual objects visible into a distillation of light, color and shadow, one of which is his hat hanging on a rack (the faint orange shadow).

Artist’s Statement

It's the beauty in everyday things that stops me in my tracks sometimes, and this was one of those moments. I was getting in my car after a long day at the studio, and happened to see my studio house reflected in my neighbor's 150 year old wavy bluish glass windows. I thought it was weird and beautiful, and was surprised I hadn't noticed it before. I love these old houses still beautifully functioning, and these windows transforming a reflection into something strange and wonderful ...and the close observation necessary to catch these moments.

The Sky Above Anna Street, 2026

Oil on wood panel
Dimensions variable
$15,000

Artist’s Statement

On display is 30 days out of a full year of observing and recording (in oil paint) the color of the sky above my studio in Denton, Texas at 1:30pm, and always the exact same patch of sky - exactly where two roof sections of my studio house meet, SSW at compass reading 240 degrees.

I am thinking about the incredible beauty available to us all by closely observing our surroundings, also thinking about marking time, and how painting the sky each day became a meditation that grounded my day and made life feel slower and more deliberate.

The Why: I had my plein air paintings all together in my studio one day, and saw the amazing range of colors for the sky in the various pieces. I wondered how much the sky color really varied, day to day, and why I wasn't noticing it. I felt compelled to isolate and document just the sky, to see what it looked like, one day next to another. After three days, I was obsessed and decided to continue for a year. It has been a huge project!