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Susan Kraut


Wonderful and mysterious things can happen when you continue painting over many years. Sometimes you discover yourself circling back to themes and images which engaged you long ago. One of the earliest subjects I was drawn to, as a beginning painter, was the interiors of rooms, influenced initially by an exhibit of paintings by the French artist Edouard Vuillard. The sense of intimacy and emotional resonance that the paintings of these modest, personal spaces convey still seems miraculous to me.

The paintings in my current body of work are images from inside a room. Devoid of human figures, they reveal the evidence of human presence - windows left partially open, personal objects left scattered about, magazines or newspapers left partially read. They hint at human activity which has just happened, or a moment frozen just before some sort of action will recommence. They are meant to evoke a pause in daily activity, a small piece of the world caught in a moment of stillness.

Windows have been a subject in almost every painting I have made over the years. A window can be viewed as a metaphor for painting itself: a framed, selected view of a segment of the world we inhabit. In the newest paintings, the type of light and particular time of day have become especially important. Sometimes it is the bright, clear sunlight of mid-afternoon, asserting its presence in the mundane world of human activity; often, it is the murky, crepuscular light of dusk, enveloping the interior and creating a hushed moment. This is a time of day when the light is changing quickly. The paintings freeze this moment, evoking a pause of stillness in the fast-changing world.

Susan Kraut

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While the Light is Changing

May/June, 2024



Morning Sunlight with Cat 16x20, oil on panel


Evening with Sea, Glass, and Duck, 20x16, oil on panel


Early Morning with Geranium II, 20x16, oil on panel


Early Morning with Geranium, 20x16, oil on panel


Early Morning, Kitchen, 24x18, oil on panel


Early Morning, French Door, 24x18, oil on panel


Dusk with Flower and Jar, 20x16, oil on panel


Dark Room, size tbd







Oxford Studio, Dusk, 24x20, oil on panel


New York Evening, 18x20, oil on panel


Sunflowers with Intruding Puppet, 12x12, oil on panel


Oxford Window with Intruding Puppet, 18x14, oil on panel


Tiny Bouquet, 7x6, oil on panel


Studio Sink, 24x20, oil on panel


Night Window with Amaryllis, 10x8, oil on panel


Monroe Street Window with Flowers and Owl I, 18x24, oil on panel


Monroe Street Window with Flowers and Owl II, 20x18, oil on panel


Clark Street Studio, 20x24, oil on panel


City Window with Flowers I, 12x9, oil on panel


City Window with Flowers II, 12x9, oil on panel


Bidwell Apartment Painting with Matisse Flowers, 14x18, oil on panel


Berries with Landscape Painting, 14x11, oil on panel



In Studios



Brock's Studio, 40x30, Oil on panel


folly bridge studio II, 36x28, Oil on panel


Folly Bridge Window I, 18x16, Oil on panel


folly bridge Window II, 18x16, Oil on panel


Fulton St. Studio I, 16x20, Oil on panel


Fulton St. Studio II, 20x16, Oil on panel


Fulton St. Studio III, 20x16, Oil on panel


Fulton St. Studio IV, 20x16, Oil on panel


Fulton St. Studio V, 24x20, Oil on panel


In Brock's Studio II, 24x26, Oil on linen, 2016


New York Dining Room II With Shadow , 38x36, Oil on panel, 2016


In Brock's Studio I, 22x26, Oil on linen, 2016




New York Window V, 2013, oil on panel, 28x32


New York Window III, Before Sandy, 2013, oil on panel, 28x30


Italian Still Life XXX, oil on panel, 36x38


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