Artist Statement: Susan Burrows Dabney
painted. Plein air painting is magical, dangerous, thrilling, and quiet, and always influenced by whatever weather comes through. Everything changes all the time and it is my intent to capture the magic of it all,” Dabney says.

In a recent interview of Dabney, Michele Corriel wrote the following: “Susan Burrows Dabney paints from the heart. Fierce but contained brush strokes breathe deeply of color and the natural surprises of land. Movement produced through the opening and closing of a steady palette. Pooled light, dense with paint and accidental inclusions, like bits of sand or tiny caddis wings.”