A constant of Cantrick’s process is the transparent layering that enhances the sense of a shallow space that is meant to be simultaneously receding and advancing.
This acrylic painting on linen exemplifies that technique, which is in the service of the artist’s interest in showing the question of space.
Susan Cantrick is an American abstract painter whose primary interest is in painting as a structured visual response to sub-linguistic thinking. Her paintings are analogs of her pre-verbal perception that aim to be as articulate as possible, crystallizing the vitality and complexity of emergent cognition.
She lives and works in Paris, France