Overview

Susan’s respect for ‘mother earth’ became inseparable from her art - her large colourfield paintings exude quietude; she says they are about stripping back veils to reveal the internal voice. Susan’s perfectly balanced paintings resound with smooth flowing energy.

Formally, these paintings are labelled as pure abstraction and have the meditative rigour of American abstract painter Agnes Martin, herself drawn to the spiritual purity of the North American Indian life - inseparable from nature. The Bauhaus master Josef Albers with his writings on colour theory, had a huge influence on 20th century abstract painters - Brigit Riley’s famous stripe paintings being our best known example of simultaneous contrast. Susan’s use of this technique is nuanced and beautiful, Her choice of colours quiver with light, inside and out, in synergy with the flowers and foliage growing in her clifftop garden - which she tends to daily.

 

Susan works across the mediums of paint, sculpture, installation, photography, and film. Since training at the Royal College of Art and Falmouth College of Arts, she has shown widely across the UK, Europe, and North America in both solo and group exhibitions. 

Works
  • Susan Bleakley, Mother Of Pearl
    Susan Bleakley
    Mother Of Pearl
    Oil on linen canvas
    140 x 140 cm
    £6,000.00
  • Susan Bleakley, Shifting Water In Evening Light, 2022
    Susan Bleakley
    Shifting Water In Evening Light, 2022
    Oil on linen canvas
    110 x 110 cm
    Reserved
  • Susan Bleakley, Tumbling Down (Still Life), 2022
    Susan Bleakley
    Tumbling Down (Still Life), 2022
    Oil on linen canvas
    110 x 90 cm
    Reserved
  • Susan Bleakley, Hidden Pathways, 2020
  • Susan Bleakley, Watersong, 2020
    Susan Bleakley
    Watersong, 2020
    Oil on linen canvas
    140 x 140 cm
    £5,500.00
  • Susan Bleakley, How Stones Speak, 2019
    Susan Bleakley
    How Stones Speak, 2019
    Oil on linen canvas
    140 x 140 cm
    £5,500.00
  • Susan Bleakley, Unchartered Territory , 2024
    Susan Bleakley
    Unchartered Territory , 2024
    Oil on linen canvas
    140 x 140 cm
    £5,500.00
  • Susan Bleakley, RAIN ON A TIN ROOF, 2022
    Susan Bleakley
    RAIN ON A TIN ROOF, 2022
    Oil on linen canvas
    63 x 63 cm
    £1,100.00
  • Susan Bleakley, White Tide, 2019
    Susan Bleakley
    White Tide, 2019
    Oil on linen canvas
    63 x 63 cm
    £1,100.00
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