Susan English, Pink Lift (LS) , 2024
On this exhibition, English states, "The light is still — "still" as light at rest. There is still light — "still" as the persistence of light. And Still Light, a play on Still Life. I love the threefold nature of these two words. Paintings, in a sense, are "still light"—light captured and distilled into permanence. My work is a response to my experience of light. Color is light and light is color. The color, which is made by pouring layers of tinted transparent polymer onto panels or paper, creates an event of still light. In this stillness, there is something both timeless and calming. Still Light, like a brief poem, speaks to my paintings and to the present moment. January in the Northeast is a time of literal darkness, and for many of us, it is also a dark time in our country. Yet, there is still light—hope in the art of creating, in the presence of art itself."
