Chuka Susan Chesney

Group Therapy Chuka Susan Chesney

Pen and Ink and Ink Wash 18" x 24" $500

I was in group therapy many years ago. This is a painting of the group meeting in a room in northeast Pasadena. I made up the dialog. I remember the characters in the group and have exaggerated them. The tall woman levitating near the door was my own personal therapist. She also co-led the group. She was very difficult. My best friend to this day is the very thin blonde woman.

La Casita Prisma Chuka Susan Chesney

Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper 12" x 16" $350

The house represents my childhood and adolescence, when I spent a lot of time in Spanish-style houses. My family traveled to Cuernavaca, Mexico a lot. I spent Christmases at my aunt and uncle’s Spanish Revival house in Glendale where I live now. The right side of the painting is blank but framed by foliage and the side of the house. The void depicts the future which I did not know then. I had no idea that so many houses in my city would be altered or torn down. I didn’t know that I would never return to Mexico.