Susan Cohen – Engrossed in Egg Tempera

In Dialogue
Work in progress, Constellation, Nasturtium, egg tempera on panel.  Photo, courtesy of Cecilia Andre

Painter Susan Cohen began her artistic journey by depicting the interiors of the places she lived, drawn to the emotional resonance of light and shadow. While that early intensity has softened over time, her fascination with light remains the core of her practice — animating her still lifes, landscapes, cityscapes, and close-up studies of foliage.

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Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting – Tree of My Life

Joseph Stella, Tree of My Life,1919, Oil on canvas

Painter Elisabeth Condon’s reflections on a painting by Joseph Stella were initially presented in the second episode of Elisabeth Condon Describes a Painting, a new series artist Amy Talluto has recently launched in her podcast Pep Talks for Artists. In each episode in this series Elisabeth Condon shares her way of looking at one painting, here, at the oil painting (1919) Tree of My Life, by Italian – American artist Joseph Stella (1877-1946)

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