"Though her improvisatory approach recalls that of the Abstract Expressionists, the work's aesthetic scope of reference encompasses the history of art. In their open-ended complexity and variegated palette, Susan's compositions touch upon sources as diverse as Byzantine icons, Persian miniatures, Chinese scroll painting and the work of the American modernist painter Arthur Dove.

Susan's ambition is to infuse abstraction with the sweep and grandeur of nature, of forces outside the control of humankind. Simultaneously, painterly form--color and shape, space, light and touch--is employed as a means for intensive spiritual exploration. Susan knows that a painting is more than mere physical fact; that it can be an encapsulation of, as well as a conduit for, experience. Her aspirations are matched by her determination and talent. In Susan's best work, a hard-won equilibrium is achieved between the awesome impersonality of nature and the intimacy of individual desire."

- Mario Naves, art critic and artist