Susan Lefkowich
Lamy, NM
Flow
India ink and acrylic on Yupo paper
22” x 38” x 0”
2021
Not For Sale
About
Susan Lefkowich graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a BA degree in Art History and a minor in painting in 1975, and a Secondary Teaching Credential in Art in 1977. In February 2023 she participated in the 10th Annual Abstract Sanctuary Exhibition at Verum Ultimum Art Gallery in Portland, Oregon; and in March 2023 her work was included in the Abstract, at the San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Encino, CA. Selected paintings have been reproduced in the CBS sitcom, How I Met Your Mother, the NBC sitcom A to Z, and Our Summer in Tehran, a film documentary produced by Promises Films and Justine Shapiro. She also participated in the Downtown Berkeley Utility Boxes public art project “Streets Alive”. Lefkowich moved to Lamy, New Mexico in 2019.
Artist Statement
I work with a process involving Yupo paper, India ink, alcohol inks and acrylic paint. The imagery is strongly influenced by a variety of sources in my natural surroundings in the high desert of New Mexico. Water patterns and dried branches scattered about the local mountain and desert trails inform my most recent work. The process involves both addition and subtraction of image and pattern, and there is an intentional amount of randomness and unpredictability with the final results. Through the use of a sinuous tangle of lines of various weights, against a black backdrop, and cut out geometric shapes applied to the surface of the painting, I hope to create a tapestry of brushstrokes that will create endless intrigue for the viewer, resulting in an ambiguity of dimension, space, and mystery.
