Susan Marx Susan Marx loves color. Her expressive brushwork and palette bring to mind the celebrated Impressionists and Fauves, artists entranced by both color and light. She paints en plein air, outside, never from photographs. Susan Marx carefully observes nature and then responds spontaneously with generous brushstrokes and vivid color. There is immediacy to her work. As she paints, the needs of painting itself take over; nature acts only as a springboard. Composition is of the utmost importance; every painting is a study of shape and design. She is concerned with the beauty of the paint itself, using warm and cool colors that sing. There is a celebration of life in Marx’s paintings, a joie de vivre. Her works might bring to mind Monet, Bonnard, Matisse, Van Gogh and other masters, yet her art remains unique for her daring abstraction.

Our eyes dance around the picture plane, following the flutter of Marx’s brushstrokes. She takes us away from our present state and provides us with a full sensorial experience.
The photograph shows Susan with her painting of Trouville, painted this past June on the same spot on the Normandy coast where Monet painted. The painting is a true Marx, with vibrant color and strong expressive brushstrokes; it captures the strong late-afternoon light and its effect on color.
Marx has exhibited in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Paris and Israel. She lives in Orange, New Jersey

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