Susan M. List

Email: smlist@aol.com

I work in oil directly from life 'alla prima'. A colorist with a fauvist bent, I appreciate a rich paint quality and want my paintings to be strong, bright and free.

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If I Were a Mountain Lake

This painting started with my attraction to the ferns growing in the rocks outside the kitchen window. Then it needed the daisies. Then it needed water. Next thing I knew I was down at the dock throwing bread to the sunnies so they could join the painting. Somehow or another it turned into a mountain fantasy...

36x36
Acrylic on Canvas
$2400.
2018

Rich's Deli

Rich's Deli stands alone on NJ Rt 23 just as you enter Stockholm in Sussex County. It's a great place to grab your hot coffee on the way to the express bus to NYC or your tuna sub on your way to your cabin. The picnic table out front often hosts truckers and of course there's ice and cigarettes for sale.

20x24
Oil on Canvas
$1500.
2018

Just Weeds Again

I have a small desk right up against the lakefront window where I can watch the goings-on at the lake like a hawk. Theres a little 'island' directly in front of me that has one tree and a collection of weeds. The weeds grow and change over the course of the season and the water lake water levels change with rains and droughts. I've become obsessed with painting these weeds.

30x40
Oil on Canvas
$3000.
2019

Kiss the Sky

The fall sky over the mountains inspired this somewhat abstract skycape.

36x36
Oil on Canvas
$3000.
2018

Last Light on the Lake

A beautiful stillness falls on the lake after the sun disappears behind the mountain. Sometimes I watch a V-shaped ripple come toward theshore - a beaver, snake or mink heading for cover. My favorite to watch of course is the great blue heron but usually he's gone by now...

30x40
Oil on Canvas
$3000.
2018