Susan D. Graeber

•   Painting is my response to seeing a burst of light in the landscape, complimented by deep shadows of color. When I am noticing a place in nature, that connection is what pulls me in.

•   Where I feel successful is when the painting marks suggest abstract shapes, not literal ones. Color contributes to the mood of the moment.

•   I paint mostly on site in Maryland and Maine and share a warehouse studio in Baltimore. I am a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and attended the School of the Museum of FIne Arts in Boston and a painting program in Avignon, France. I have taken part in several plein air events including Plein Air Easton where I received the 2007 Troika Award for the Best Painting by a Maryland Artist. I am a board member of the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association.

•   I am influenced by the work of Fairfield Porter, Neil Welliver, Tom Thomson, Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Thiebaud and Henri Matisse.