Susan Schapira Paintings

  • Not Merely Pretty 2026
  • Rustbelt Reemergence by Susan Schapira

Images that captivate. Colorfully gestural acrylic paintings appear to be drawn from the exotic locales of the American Southwest or the Caribbean. They are in fact compositions of manmade urban greenhouses, from the Bronx, Providence, Milwaukee, they blur the lines between reality and artificiality. Images of antique farm equipment are repurposed and repositioned into unexpected settings: a potato seed spreader sits in a wallpapered interior with plush rugs; moldboard plows are strewn in overgrown flower beds. Paintings that challenge the viewer to experience loss and transformation.