susan j christensen * visual artist

Paintings, drawings, joy

Current Work

‘Garden of the Future, Garden of the Past’, 12 x 9 inches,watercolor, ink & acrylic marker on paper, 2025
‘Free Fall’ 10 x 8 inches, watercolor, ink & acrylic marker on paper, 2025
‘Blue Planet’ 10 x 8 inches, watercolor, ink & acrylic marker on paper, 2025
‘Mainland’ 10 x 8 inches, watercolor, ink & acrylic marker on paper, 2025
‘Wind’ 10 x 8 inches, watercolor, ink & acrylic marker on paper, 2024
‘Chaos Tree’ 10 x 8 inches, watercolor, ink & acrylic marker on paper, 2024

Note: Images below are from my Instagram feed. I am also on bluesky where I don’t post as often.

‘Scenes from a Bathysphere’ ‘Bird, Hunting’ Tiny paintings, 5x3 inches, acrylic on pine panel - offspring of the painted rocks of last winter. Talked with my Portland kids Sunday about the uncertainty I feel in this work, not sure where I’m going - and @printableheroes observed that my sense of being in unchartered territory is actually the best place for an artist to be. I’ll hold fast to that, and just keep painting. I see this series filling an entire wall at this point and I’m sure enjoying the ride. ‘Luna Obscura’ ‘Flame Tree’ ‘Inupiaq Moon’ Work in progress. ‘Fanciful Fox’ ‘Tigre’