Susan Richman’s work is informed by a sense of the fleeting as well as a keen eye for color and detail. Much influenced by the work of Gerhard Richter, who for a long period layered paintings over photographic material, Richman tends to accumulate an image more than simply shoot it. Working by a process of accretion, subtraction and diffusion, she produces images that are at once abstract and very particular.

“I am an interpreter of what surrounds me and the camera is my instrument of choice. It affords me a different way of seeing and a way to uncover what is unobserved. With each new project I strive in my photographs to discover overlooked or neglected items that are unseen by people rushing through daily life, and through my focus, to create an awareness that will inspire a dialogue.” 

David Barnett says, “Nature has a magical, mysterious, and unknowable side to it. It is deserving of our respect and reverence. It bears an intelligence we are often too arrogant to recognize. Yet, its beauty and elegance enchant us. Constantly changing and growing throughout the four seasons, the creatures and elements of Nature offer a beautiful story of balance, harmony, continuity and change. This series of paintings serves to highlight the regality of nature and its creatures, ourselves included.”

David Barnett is a painter and plant lover based in Milanville, PA near the Delaware River. Having painted large scale murals and scenic backdrops since 2012, Barnett now focuses on smaller works, commissions and tending to his plants. Barnett has been painting for as long as he can recall, and is inspired by the masters who came before him — Impressionists with their Asian influence, Klimt, Toulouse Lautrec, and the German artist Neo Rauch, to name a few. He is adept at creating commissioned portraits, as well as murals, including a twenty story portrait of Pope Francis that was displayed in Lincoln Center.