Susan Swartz: Personal Path at the CAFA Art Museum in Beijing, Booklet

“We can feel the vivacity of nature in [Susan’s] paintings, whether they are simple or complex. These artworks originate from nature, but reflect her true thinking on the world. Each tint of color and trace of stroke on the canvas can reveal her creation process — asking herself a question, answering it by her own, and asking another… From this perspective, her creation method is consistent with major characteristics of the Chinese are, which focus on striking a balance between the scenes themselves and the feelings people have when they are in the scenes. In this process, people and nature, the self and the world are truly brought together.” - Fan Di’an, President of China Central Academy of Fine Arts

This booklet is published on the occasion of the exhibition SUSAN SWARTZ. PERSONAL PATH at the CAFA Art Museum, October 11 to November 4, 2018.