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SUSAN ROMAINE

345 NE 3rd Avenue, Delray Beach,

FL 33444, (843) 693-0468

http://www.studioromaine.com

“Painting is an artist’s way

of practicing alchemy,”

says Susan Romaine. “Oil,

mineral spirits, brushes,

medium and canvas mixed

together produce matter of an

entirely different nature, and

in the process emerges as a

translation of the emotional

impact an image I come upon

into a solid presence. I have an

idea of what the image will be

but as I go about the process of

laying down paint, each takes

on a life of its own. Each, as it

emerges, acquires a distinct

voice. If I listen, I hear, ‘get rid

of that telephone pole, that

car, that static’ in the real-life

scene. This is my inspiration:

that aha moment when a

painting grows beyond my

initial idea of it and I cast aside

all my resource material and

just paint what the image tells

me to paint.”

In 2014, she relocated

to Delray Beach, Florida,

to develop a series on the

vanishing soul of old Florida.

Romaine is represented by

Armand Bolling Fine Art,

Jupiter, Florida; Sugarman

Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe,

New Mexico; and Walker

Romaine Gallery, Florida.

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An in-progress photo of

Susan Romanie’s JP’s Legacy,

oil on linen, 24 by 36 inches,

in her studio.

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