SUSAN DUNLAP PAINTER & PHOTOGRAPHER
  • Oils
    • New Work
    • Paintings in Oil: Luminous Old Master Abstracts. 1996-2010
    • Paintings in Oil: Abstracts with Contemporary & Ancient Chinese Characters. 2011-2014
    • Paintings in Oil: Clay Face Series. Late 1990's
    • Paintings in Oil: About Loss. Mid 1990's
    • Paintings in Oil: Floral Series. Early 1990's
  • Watercolor
    • Paintings in Watercolor: Invertebrate Series. Based on the work of Haeckel and the 1872 HMS Challenger expedition . Mid-Late 1980's
    • Paintings in Watercolor: Contemporary Chinese Characters. 2010
    • Paintings in Watercolor: 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, Videos
  • Contact
Photographs: Clay Face Series. 1993 - 2016.
Picture

Family. 2016

The 'About Loss" painting and drawing series, executed in 1993, came from a painful state that thankfully softened over time.  Yet, I found I was still unable to restore the innocence I had previously known, so continued to explore how to express my evolving state of mind. 

Briefly I painted realistic portraits but found I could not sustain executing them. I sought inspiration by studying the portraits and figurative work of others. The images that resonated with me were photographs of African tribesmen in 'native costume'. The tribesmen covered parts of their face in mud and paint. I borrowed this idea. These photographs held the promise of helping me get at grief and so continue the healing process.

The meaning of this series evolves as I continue to add to it.

Scott Rongo Hu. Architect. 2015 
Picture

Haijun & Binghai. 2010
In 2010, I opened my home to two Chinese intellectuals—both post-docs in physics, working at Stanford University at that time. These two scholars joined my clay face series as they too were a part of a small group of individuals who added meaning to my life. 

​Cleo & Paul. 1993

Family. 1993
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  • Oils
    • New Work
    • Paintings in Oil: Luminous Old Master Abstracts. 1996-2010
    • Paintings in Oil: Abstracts with Contemporary & Ancient Chinese Characters. 2011-2014
    • Paintings in Oil: Clay Face Series. Late 1990's
    • Paintings in Oil: About Loss. Mid 1990's
    • Paintings in Oil: Floral Series. Early 1990's
  • Watercolor
    • Paintings in Watercolor: Invertebrate Series. Based on the work of Haeckel and the 1872 HMS Challenger expedition . Mid-Late 1980's
    • Paintings in Watercolor: Contemporary Chinese Characters. 2010
    • Paintings in Watercolor: 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, Videos
  • Contact