SUSAN GILBERT — BIOGRAPHY
A graduate of the Boston Museum School,
I received a first year of classical art training followed by three
years of intensive drawing and ceramics--on porcelain, paper, and canvas.
I have loved the natural beauty and mystery
of Monhegan from my first visit, a camping trip in September of 1968.
I was back the next May, for an art student's vacation at the Trailing
Yew Inn. Returning again, I began to work for Josephine Day, and became
a year round island resident. Living with the tides I find an atmosphere
saturated with history: art, fishing, and hard work. I have noted daily
patterns of weather, fog, boating, roses, cliffs, water, and sky in
charcoal, watercolor, and oil.
Monhegan's gift to me is a constant inspiration
to renewal, to make art.
All painting and framing materials are
chosen carefully: paper, mat, and backing for archival quality, colors
for permanence.
