Susan Isaac – Paintings & Sculpture

Susan Isaac – Southwell Minster from the Recreation Ground

This is the fifth & final painting in the Rufford exhibition, again of Southwell Minster. In the spring, before new leaves have unfurled, soft and fragile pink blossoms make a striking contrast against sharply defined trees, whose dark plum branches fracture the early morning pastel lemon sky. The pale atmosphere is striated by these organic linear forms. Their open tracery creates an interesting counterpoint to the solidity of the Minster stonework.

Susan Isaac – Southwell Minster from Squire’s Pond

In this composition, I was particularly playing with lemon yellows and enjoying the contrast of dark mauve field boundaries that zigzag through it.  Squire’s Pond and a spring time ‘forget-me-not’ sky create another complimentary layer of colour interest. Southwell Minster is confined to a suggestion of its roof lines.

The painting is at the gallery at Rufford until 9 June, in the Open Studios Notts exhibition.

Susan Isaac – Southwell Minster from Bishop’s Drive

I wanted to say a little more about the five paintings I have in the Open Studios Notts exhibition at Rufford.  In this winter view of Southwell Minster the open gateway of the Bishops residence invites the passerby to stop and gaze at one of the loveliest and most complete views of the Minster. From this vantage point, before trees take on their summer mantel, the entrance gate and the gate-post offer stepping stones up toward the pepper-pot spires.