DANCING ON WATER: Suzy Barnard & Suzie Buchholz

in collaboration

SUZY BARNARD & SUZIE BUCHHOLZ

DANCING ON WATER

Suzie Buchholz (left) and Suzy Barnard (right) in studio

in collaboration

SUZY BARNARD & SUZIE BUCHHOLZ DANCING ON WATER February 1 - 28, 2023

San Francisco Bay Area painters, Suzy Barnard and Suzie Buchholz, work on the water’s edge on opposite sides of the bay. Both painters are palpably influenced by the marine environment, and while their work is profoundly different, they have found a deep creative connection. Barnard witnesses international commerce every day, as container ships and tankers pass by her studio window in their slow and steady processions, coming and going from faraway places. Buchholz’ studio looks out over marinas that house and cater to pleasure craft. Her view is punctuated by the rhythmic staccato of sailboats’ tall masts and small fishing boats that troll the waters in search of the best location to make their daily catch.

This body of work is a vivid demonstration of each artists’ private conversations with the power of the sea and their shared interactions with each other’s work. Working collaboratively, the artists pushed the boundaries of trust and risk, to create five exceptional paintings. Barnard and Buchholz worked on each piece alone, passing them back and forth, responding to the other’s movements and marks with a fluidity and synergy that powerfully represents the artists’ talents and techniques. Their decisions about when to stop and whether a painting was finished were uncannily in sync and clearly on the same wavelength. Also included in this collection are individual paintings by Barnard and Buchholz, presented both as solitary works and intermixed.

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COLLABORATIONS

Golden Gate Passage (Diptych), Oil on canvas over panel, 60 x 80 inches, $18,000.00

Colbalt Harbor, Oil on panel, 12 x 36 inches, $2,900.00

Trading On Turquoise, Oil on panel, 40 x 40 inches, $6,000.00

Marine Layer, Oil on panel, 40 x 40 inches, $6,000.00

Wavelengths, Oil on panel, 12 x 36 inches, $2,900.00

Installation of twelve 16 x 16 inch oil on panel paintings, six by Suzy Barnard and six by Suzie Buchholz, $14,000.00 as installation; $1,900.00 each

SUZY BARNARD

View from Suzy Barnard’s studio

There and Then, Oil on canvas, 68 x 78 inches, $15,400.00

Apricot Mousse, Oil on canvas, 44 x 38 inches, $6,800.00

Tried and True, Oil on canvas, 44 x 38 inches, $6,800.00

Campari, Oil on canvas, 44 x 38 inches, $6,800.00

Blue With A Chance Of Lavender, Oil on canvas, 44 x 60 inches, $10,000.00

SUZIE BUCHHOLZ

View from Suzie Buchholz’ studio

Misty Morning, Oil on canvas, 74 x 72 inches, $14,000.00

Shifting Tides, Oil on canvas over panel, 60 x 48 inches, $9,000.00

Jewels, Oil on canvas over panel, 48 x 48 inches, $8,000.00

Lavender With Mint, Oil on panel, 60 x 48 inches, $9,000.00

Play Date, Oil on panel, 36 x 35 inches, $5,000.00