Although in earlier years she ranged widely in her approach, with many representational works in her portfolio, Susie’s style in recent paintings is now consistently abstract. An attractive and accessible colour sense informs her explorations of shapes and ideas which seem perpetually on the verge of suggesting something concrete, but which ultimately refer to nothing but themselves and their perpetual mutual dance. Having experimented with large canvases she now prefers the practicality and intimacy of small-to-medium sizes and produces many of them during her tours with opera companies in the U.K. and abroad. Again largely for practical reasons, acrylic is her current medium of choice, although she returns regularly to the medium of oil when at home. Recently she has done a number of ‘mandala’ installations and is now undertaking private commissions in outdoor settings such as gardens.

If you are interested in buying any painting shown here which is marked as available, or would like to commission an outdoor mandala installation, please contact the artist, Susie Self, via email: selfmademusic@aol.com. It is also possible to arrange a viewing of her many other paintings, to do this please ring 020-8959-7370.