Lay of the Land: Interpretations of the Landscape in Oil and Pastel
by Susan Sinyai

July 3-31, 2009
Opening Reception: July 3 from 6-8pm

Sinyai states about her work as a painter, “As a painter, I’ve come to realize that for me, it’s all about the light.  It is the enchanting and marvelous effects of light on the subject matter that I seek to explore, interpret, capture: how it describes form, manipulates color, but perhaps more than anything, how the quality of light can evoke mood and memories.  The landscape is the richest of tapestries, providing endless material to discover and explore.  I am a relative newcomer to the landscape as a source of inspiration, but as I become more comfortable and more deeply connected to this genre of painting, I find myself ever more appreciative and in awe of our physical world, realizing the transcendent beauty in sometimes the simplest and most everyday scenes, often scenes I have driven or walked by many times before.  My paintings are not so much a faithful recording of a particular scene, but more an emotional response to how that scene was bathed in a particular light-the cool light of the morning, the golden glow of a late afternoon, the crisp light of an autumn day, the romantic light of an early evening-and then transformed into something quite magical.  I invite the viewer to enter my landscapes and linger awhile.”  Her work can be seen at Asheville Gallery of Art and Merrimon Galleries, or online at www.susanmeyersinyai.com.
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