Susan Skuse | Meditation on a Small Stream #4 | Oil on canvas | 1200 x 900mm | $2,450
ARTIST STATEMENT – MEDITATIONS ON A SMALL STREAM
The title ‘Meditations on a Small Stream’ is intended to convey a number of aspects of this work. Firstly, these are paintings of the landscape within the tradition of the realist landscape genre. Secondly, the subject matter of the work is one particular stream near my home, and as such I hope that it conveys my strong sense of my attachment to this place. Further, and most importantly, the work is meditative in nature – it has been created meditatively and it seeks to create a meditative frame of mind in the viewer.
The philosophical underpinnings of this work are Taoist, and I have drawn on my readings of and around the Tao te Ching in making it. The symbolism of water is very important, representing the fluid, creative, changeable and productive power of the universe, which though yielding, yet has the power to carve through mountains. The Tao, in fact, is often referred to as ‘the watercourse way’ . Because water, light and stone, the principal components of my small stream, are universal, I have not felt that this subject matter is restrictive. I hope that any person looking at these paintings will be able to recall some time when they turned off the chattering internal voice and gazed thoughtlessly at flowing water, and through this work I am seeking to renew that experience.
Another, and more challenging goal of my work, is to evoke in the viewer a sense of connection with the universe, such that there is no boundary between the self and what is seen. We are part of the universe in the same seamless way that birds are part of the sky and fish are part of the sea. The work is not intended to be challenging, confronting or puzzling, nor does it lay claim to novelty. It rather seeks to beguile and seduce the viewer, creating an experience of calm enjoyment.
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Susan Skuse | Numinbah Ripples | Acrylic on canvas panels – each 300 x 300mm – overall 1200 x 900mm | was $1950 now $1,100
Susan Skuse | Out of the Blue | Oil and acrylic on canvas | 600 x 600mm | $600
Susan Skuse | Just Cruisint | Oil and Acrylic on canvas | 700 x 700mm | SOLD
Susan Skuse | The Art of Riding on the Wind #1 – Welcome Swallows | Oil and acrylic on composite aluminium panel | 400 x 400mm | $400
Susan Skuse | Summer Storms | Oil on canvas | Triptych, total size 920 x 1350mm |framed | $2,450
Susan Skuse | Passing Storm, Hinze Dam | Oil on canvas mounted on board | 700 x 700, plus frame | was $850 now $550
Susan Skuse | Dancing on the Edge | Acrylic and Oil on canvas | 700 x 700 | $600
Susan Skuse | Jewel Box | Oil on canvas mounted on board, in 4 panels | total size 1105 x 810mm | $2,450
Susan Skuse | Creek Tapestry #1 | Oil on canvas mounted on board | 400 x 400mm | framed | was $550 now $400
Susan Skuse | Mr. Darwin’s Lovely Thought | Pen and ink on Canson paper | 800 x 650mm, framed | $1,750
Susan Skuse | Meditation #2 | Oil on canvas | 910 x 910mm | was $1,450 now $750
Susan Skuse | Always Emptying, Always Full | Oil on canvas mounted on board | 300 x 1200mm | was $920 now $700
Susan Skuse | Creek Tapestry #2 | Oil on canvas mounted on board | 400 x 400mm | framed | was $550 now $400
Susan Skuse | Meditation on a Small Stream #3 | Oil on canvas | 910 x 910mm | $1,450
Susan Skuse | Early Morning Wake-Up Call | Oil on canvas | 910 x 910mm | Was $1,450 now $1,150
Susan Skuse | Blue Berry Ripple series | Oil on composite aluminium panel | 600 x 600 | $2,400
Susan Skuse | Green Fuse | Oil on Canvas |
Susan Skuse | Ripples and Reflections I | Acrylic on 300 x 300 canvas panels | was $1950 now $1250
