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"Mother & Dragon" by Susan Clark
36 x 36 inches
acrylic on canvas
$1296
Artist Statement:
I dreamt this scene last September and then had to paint it. Though, will my paintings ever be as fully immersive as a dream? Perhaps one day. This piece features a pregnant woman with virgo superimposed over her, clothed with the sun, under the Milky Way with a multiheaded dragon circling. Depending on where you are standing the dragon will appear ghostly or with a pink sheen; there but not. After that strange dream, I realized the imagery was from the apocalyptic biblical text Revelation. I wanted to keep the mother the focus in a barren but beautiful landscape, and it falls right in line with the equinox when the sun is in Virgo. I used acrylic paints with a bright red underlayer to emulate oil painting without the mess or wait. It is part of a series of two paintings based on dreams in September 2024.
About the Artist:
Susan Clark was born in Anchorage, AK but was raised mostly in western WA. She could never escape the beauty of the pines, so she settled deeply amid the green and moss to let it influence her work. After earning a BA of Fine Arts/Illustration from Seattle Pacific University, she began illustrating several songbook projects in both Lebanon and Syria during her time spent abroad after graduation. Art continued to be part of her everyday life when she fell into teaching and then as she owned and operated as the solo artist for Suno Henna, a temporary body art business out of Chehalis, WA. In 2023 she pivoted back to fine arts. She never lost her love for stories, holding space, participating and telling them, with that illustration background, of course. With each piece she creates, she hopes you see a part of the story unfolding in your life.