CRUEL SEASON

SUSAN PETTY

 

My images are most often taken from the natural and rural world around my family’s lemon ranch where I have lived and worked for nearly forty years. The message is just as often about evolution and inevitable change. I have seen this hill in the driest of seasons, and I have seen it burn. But what I also see is that life continues to restore and renew itself, as does the earth.

 

Susan Petty earned a BFA in painting and design from Miami University and performed graduate work at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C. and worked as a commercial and freelance artist for the Library of Congress. Since 1970, her paintings have been exhibited in galleries from Georgetown to Ventura and Santa Barbara, both in group and solo shows. Solo exhibits of Susan Petty paintings have been held locally at the Carnegie Art Museum, The Museum of Ventura County and The Santa Paula Art Museum. Susan is currently represented by the Marcia Burtt Studio in Santa Barbara.