Susanna Coffey

I met Susanna Coffey very briefly years ago when I was up at OxBow one summer doing a work-study fellowhsip. She was teaching a figure in the landscape class. Someone suggested I take the class, but for some reason I didn't, or couldn't fit it into my schedule, or perhaps I was reluctant to venture into representational waters at that time. No matter, I rediscovered her work recently and am in love with the night paintings, and her self-portraits, of course.

It's funny how moving into a different time zone has affected what makes it onto my radar nowadays.

I love painting. Really, I love all of it. I wish I had at least one more lifetime to keep painting. Perhaps I do.

Susanna Coffey, night paintings