SUSAN DUNLAP PAINTER & PHOTOGRAPHER
  • Oils
    • SEM paintings 2023
    • Recent Florals
    • Luminous Abstracts 1996-2010
    • Abstracts with Contemporary & Ancient Chinese Characters. 2011-2014
    • Clay Face Series 1990's
    • About Loss 1990's
    • Floral Series 1990's
  • Watercolor
    • Invertebrate Series. Based on the work of Haeckel and the 1872 HMS Challenger expedition . Mid-Late 1980's
    • Contemporary Chinese Characters. 2010
    • Fantasy Series. Early 1980's
  • Photography
    • Photographs: Clay Face Series. 1995 - 2016
    • Insect's View of Nectar Plants: General Collection >
      • Asclepias
      • Aster
      • Bidens
      • Buddleja
      • Ceanothus
      • Cirsium
      • Echinacea
      • Gaillardia
      • Lantana
      • Salvia
      • Tagetes
      • Taraxacum
      • Trifolium
      • Verbena
      • Zinnia
  • Botany
    • Apical Systematics Scientific Paper
    • Apical images: Cactaceae >
      • Acanthocalycium
      • Ariocarpus
      • Astrophytum
      • Austrocylindropuntia
      • Aztekium
      • Cleistocactus
      • Coryphantha
      • Ferocactus
    • Apical Images: Sample from Aerulean Software & Issued U.S. Patents >
      • Arctostaphylos
      • Artemesia, Erigeron, Lavandula, Viburnum
      • Buxus
      • Ceanothus
      • Cistus
      • Cotoneaster
      • Eriogonum
      • Euphorbia
      • Geranium
      • Rhododendron
      • Salvia
    • Butterflies >
      • Butterflies in Mind: Perennials
      • Butterflies in Mind: Asclepias
      • Butterflies in Mind: Monarch
      • Butterflies in Mind: Zinnia
      • Monarch Nectar Plants (sample)
  • Great Spirit Path Sculpture
  • CV visual bona fides
  • Statement
  • Contact
Paintings in Oil: Abstract Series. 1996-2010
Some are available for purchase.

These paintings emerged directly out of the "Clay Face" portrait series.  When standing at some distance from one of those portraits, the face is quite obvious. But close in, a two foot square section of clay-covered cheek is quite abstract.  While painting these close-in sections I began to appreciate the virtues of abstraction.  

The paintings below are executed using old master techniques—by applying multiple glaze layers. As with my watercolors, these pieces are luminous and convey crisply defined 'floating' shapes. The floating shapes create overlapping layers that lend a three-dimensional quality to the painting. Capturing three-dimensionality in paint has been a consistent theme throughout my career— a theme enabling me to communicate an appreciation for the human body and for the immense range of life-forms in nature. 

The large pieces take on average one year to complete. 
Picture
'Manuelized' 60" x 84" 2007-2010
'Innerform' 60" x 84" 2004–2007 Available
'Cleoism' 60" x 84" 2000–2007 Available
'Nine Eleven III' 48" x 60" 2001–2007 Available
'Nine Eleven' 60" x 84" 2001–2007 Available
'Nine Eleven II' 48" x 60" 2001–2007 Available
Confetti' 40" x 84" 2000–2008 Available
Kaleidoscope 60" x 84" 2001–2007. Sold.
'Keyways' 48" x 60" 2000. Sold.
' Bento' 24" x 30" 2000. Sold.
Untitled 24" x 30" 1999. Sold.
Untitled 24" x 30" 1999. Sold.
Untitled 24" x 30" 1999 Available
'Forming' 30" x 24" 1999. Sold.
Untitled 30" x 24" 1999 Available
'Wovenhold' 36" x 48" 2000. Sold.
Untitled 30" x 24" 1996 Available
Untitled 30" x 24" 1996 Available
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  • Oils
    • SEM paintings 2023
    • Recent Florals
    • Luminous Abstracts 1996-2010
    • Abstracts with Contemporary & Ancient Chinese Characters. 2011-2014
    • Clay Face Series 1990's
    • About Loss 1990's
    • Floral Series 1990's
  • Watercolor
    • Invertebrate Series. Based on the work of Haeckel and the 1872 HMS Challenger expedition . Mid-Late 1980's
    • Contemporary Chinese Characters. 2010
    • Fantasy Series. Early 1980's
  • Photography
    • Photographs: Clay Face Series. 1995 - 2016
    • Insect's View of Nectar Plants: General Collection >
      • Asclepias
      • Aster
      • Bidens
      • Buddleja
      • Ceanothus
      • Cirsium
      • Echinacea
      • Gaillardia
      • Lantana
      • Salvia
      • Tagetes
      • Taraxacum
      • Trifolium
      • Verbena
      • Zinnia
  • Botany
    • Apical Systematics Scientific Paper
    • Apical images: Cactaceae >
      • Acanthocalycium
      • Ariocarpus
      • Astrophytum
      • Austrocylindropuntia
      • Aztekium
      • Cleistocactus
      • Coryphantha
      • Ferocactus
    • Apical Images: Sample from Aerulean Software & Issued U.S. Patents >
      • Arctostaphylos
      • Artemesia, Erigeron, Lavandula, Viburnum
      • Buxus
      • Ceanothus
      • Cistus
      • Cotoneaster
      • Eriogonum
      • Euphorbia
      • Geranium
      • Rhododendron
      • Salvia
    • Butterflies >
      • Butterflies in Mind: Perennials
      • Butterflies in Mind: Asclepias
      • Butterflies in Mind: Monarch
      • Butterflies in Mind: Zinnia
      • Monarch Nectar Plants (sample)
  • Great Spirit Path Sculpture
  • CV visual bona fides
  • Statement
  • Contact