SUSAN METZGER High Water

October 24 – December 5, 2015

Lora Schlesinger Gallery also presents Susan Metzger’s High Water. Susan’s ethereal seascapes are seductive, enticing viewers to look at them and experience them as they would nature, layer by layer. She uses bands of color to

create wide-open spaces with translucent atmospheres creating a sense of mystery and natural vastness. The result is

a body of work that transforms the beauty of the sublime into a transcendental space. A few of the paintings are only

identifiable as seascapes by the softly painted horizon lines, or bursts of white brushstrokes that separate sky from sea. The complexity of her technique in building each piece by slowly applying layers of color, combined with the

simplicity of the imagery gives the work presence and power.

Susan Metzger has exhibited nationally including exhibitions in Massachusetts , Maine, Vermont and California. She

studied painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, in addition to landscape architecture at Radcliffe

College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She also studied architectural drawing at the Rhode Island School of Design in

Providence, Rhode Island. She is the recipient of the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Fellowship Grant in Taos, New Mexico.

Dream One A.M., 2015 oil on birch panel 4 x 6"

Dream Two A.M., 2015 oil on birch panel 4 x 6"

Night Tide, 2015 oil on birch panel 11 x 14 ”

Storm Warning, 2015 oil on birch panel 20 x 16”

Finally Clearing,2015 oil on birch panel 9 x 12"

Quiet, 2015 oil on birch panel 11 x 14”

Light Fading, 2015 oil on birch panel 8 x 6"

Landfall Before Dark, 2015 oil on birch panel 12 x 18"

Quiet Again,2015 oil on birch panel 12 x18"

The Storm Has Passed, 2015 oil on birch panel 8 x 6"

Gathering, 2015 oil on birch panel 9 x 12 ”

In Deep, 2015 oil on birch panel 12 x 18”

The Far Shore of Morning, 2015 oil on birch panel 10 x 22”

In the Trough, In-Between, 2015 oil on birch panel 12 x 18”

SUSAN METZGER EDUCATION School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) Painting, Boston, MA. Radcliffe College, Landscape Architecture, Cambridge, MA. Rhode Island School Of Design (RISD), Architectural Drawing, Providence, RI. EXHIBITIONS: Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. The Field Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA. Etherington Fine Art, Martha’s Vineyard, MA. Provincetown Museum, Provincetown, MA. Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA. Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. Coburn Gallery, Univ. Of Vermont, VT. Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA. CMCA Biennial 2008, \ Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Art & Sustainabilty Conference, Unity College, ME San Siego Contemporary Art Fair 2010, San Diego, CA GRANTS/RESIDENCIES Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Fellowship, Taos, New Mexico K2ff - Marsh Billings Rockefeller Nat’l. Park, Woodstock, VT. COLLECTIONS Decordova Museum Michael Van Valkenberg Abstract Elements: The Beatrice H. Barrett Collection CATALOGS Abstract Elements: Choreographing a Collection CMCA - 2008 Biennial Exhibition