Susan Marie Dopp: SUSAN MARIE

New York Gallery

Susan Marie Dopp’s jewel-like paintings on mulberry paper give form and dimension to the inner state of tranquility she feels when she meditates. Dopp utilizes geometric form and color in a reductive process. Contrasting colors and repetition of pattern act upon the brain, affecting its visual apparatus. By-products like haloes, ghosts and reversals appear to bounce and dance across the painting field. These effects activate the space between the painting and the viewer, transforming a static situation into an event filled with movement and rhythm. This vibration, which is initially a visual phenomenon, gives rise to rhythms which can be felt, literally, in one’s body. This feeling is analogous to the experience of deep meditation. Rather than illustrating this state, Dopp aims to trigger it, or at least direct attention toward it.