My drawings and paintings are made from direct observation of objects and places seen, but not looked at and not explored. I draw and paint with a variety of media.

I abstract by pushing and pulling on spaces and animating lines and shapes that are still and quiet in the real world.


Listen to an interview with Susan Patrick about her Debris series, from Home Grown on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville:


See Susan’s work featured in Streetlight Magazine along with poetry from other artists:"