Imagined Horizons

Horizon 8, Susan Barton, Acrylic and Ink, 3.5 x 2.5", Available for purchase



Horizon 7, Susan Barton, Acrylic and Ink, 3.5 x 2.5", Available for purchase.











Horizon 6, Susan Barton, Acrylic and Ink, 3.5 x 2.5", Available for purchase



Horizon 5, Susan Barton, Acrylic and Ink, 3.5 x 2.5", Available for purchase.











Horizon 4, Susan Barton, Acrylic and Ink, 3.5 x 2.5", Available for purchase


The "Imagined Horizon" Series, contemporary abstract miniature paintings are available for purchase at Avram Eisen Gallery, 5204 North Damen, Chicago, or through inquires via phone 773.307-0273, or www.avrameisengallery.com

New Works At Avram Eisen Gallery

Viewing a city in the warm glow of days end...
Attaining focus through veiled layers of fog...
Visualizing the radiance over the earth...

These are the inspirations of Susan Barton's new alternative landscape paintings, "Imagined Horizons".



Top Left: Horizon 2 , Susan Barton, Acrylic and Ink 3.5 x2.5", Available for purchase, Right: Horizon, Susan Barton, Acrylic and Ink, 3.5x2.5", Available for purchase, Bottom Left: Horizon 3, Susan Barton, Acrylic and Ink, 3.5x2.5", Available for purchase.











These among other miniatures from the Alternative Landscape series can be found at the Avram Eisen Gallery, 5204 North Damen Avenue, Chicago. Each diminutive painting expresses an alternative way in which to view a landscape. Light, shadow and colour express the essence of these diminutive landscapes. Strong elements held together by shadowy layers, convey the complex spirit of the land and nature. Time and space are held for the viewer alone to immerse into.

To purchase these works or for more information contact:
Avram Eisen Gallery
5204 North Damen Avenue
773.307-0273
www.avrameisengallery.com

American Dream

The American Dream
Susan Barton
Barbed Wire, Steel with Jute
40 x 30", Available for purchase



Echoing lines of dried and plowed agricultural fields of a past harvests, Susan Barton's, The American Dream, encapsulates the significance of America's immigrant and agricultural past, while resonating current stuggles of new immigrants to the United States.

Intending to explore her own great grandparents immigrant past, the textile becomes a visual narrative; one of any typical German family who immigrated from an impoverished, over populated Prussian state near the turn of the century, to their intended land of promise and hope-America. Like many, finding back breaking work in the nation's fields became the only starting point for a new immigrant to the United States. Corroded barbed wire reflects the past they left and injustices they would face in this new world: from past conscripted military duty and hardships of trying to earn a living in Germany, to new hard manual labor and growing resentments towards increased European immigrants within the United States. A rough edged and unfinished steel frame encompasses the textile, contrasting the once heavily agricultural opportunities of the country giving way to the emerging promise of larger urban cities and the beginnings of the industrial revolution.

Intimate Wrigleyville Art Sale

(left)"The Sky Is Falling", Susan Barton, 8x10, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas SOLD

"Passage", Susan Barton, 8x10", Oil On Canvas SOLD

The Early Art Collector Sale
Friday, December 5th from 6-9pm and
Sunday, December 7th from 1-5pm
1249 West Addison
Chicago, Illinois

The Early Art Collector Sale is an intimate art sale located in the heart of Chicago's, Wrigleyville neighborhood. Featuring the works of 18 Midwest emerging and mid-career artists, this show highlights early works of art and current smaller works of art in a newly renovated greystone building. Experiencing affordable art in this no pressure setting and allowing viewers to see the art within the context of an interior of a home, all works of art on display are for sale and listed for $200, $100 and $50. Believing that all art lovers can enter collecting art at these prices, the show delivers many opportunities for viewers not only to buy for themselves, but for holiday gifts as well.

Susan Barton will feature 6 demure oil paintings in this two day show.

Blue Plate Special Ceramics

(upper)"Surf", 12" round Delft Blue Plate (lower)"Open 24 Hours", 12" round Delft Blue Plate
Copyright Susan Barton 2008

The Blue Plate Special
Where: August House Studio
2113 West Roscoe, in Chicago
When: December 5th-December 21st, 2008
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, Noon-6pm

Susan Barton To Show In Blue Plate Special Exhibition

Photo By Jim Matusik

This exhibition will feature the work of 50 artists designing plates in Delft Blue. The expression, "Blue Plate Special", first made its way into the American vocabulary on October 22nd, or 1892 through the Fred Harvey Restaurants. A web collection of 1930's prose gives this definition: "A Blue Plate Special is a low priced daily special: a main course with all the fixins, a daily combo, a square for two bits". The Blue Plate Special was very popular in the Depression Era, but still exists today.

The exhibit features the work of 50 artists reinterpreting this American Symbol of past economic times. Some of the artists featured are: Tim Anderson, Paul Sierra, Sam Rosby, Marya Veeck, Cyd Smillie, Peter Hurley, Susan Barton and many more.

August House Studio opened its door in 1987. It has focused on being a neighborhood gallery. The gallery is a comfortable, intimate space that lends itself to both large and small shows. Located in the heart of Roscoe Village, August House Studio brings the Blue Plate Special Exhibition as its 22nd annual Holiday celebration.

The Blue Plate Special
Where: August House Studio
2113 West Roscoe, in Chicago
When: December 5th-December 21st, 2008
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, Noon-6pm

Scharpenberg Gallery

All Photographs By Christine Aguila, Copyright 2008

Opening night gala of "Facing Walls" art exhibition at the Scharpenberg Gallery, DANK-Haus, German Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois.

Over 250 art patrons attended the opening night reception of "Facing Walls", in the Scharpenberg Gallery. Artists in attendance were: Cyd Smillie, Justin D. Miller, Susan Barton, Lothar Speer, Ed Ott, Lorna Filippini-Mulliken, Carol Koeller and Ronald Graziano.

Susan Barton Exhibits New Art At Facing Walls Exhibition

Facing Walls Exhibition, October 3, 2008-November 29th, 2008 in the Scharpenberg Gallery, DANK-Haus, German Cultural Center, 4740 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL

Gallery hours are from 11am-3pm, Saturdays and are available by appointment during the week. www.dankhaus.com

About DANK Chicago...
DANK Chicago is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting German art, culture, heritage and language. Founded in 1959 as a chapter of the nation-wide German-American National Congress, DANK Chicago serves Americans of German ancestry and their friends and families, as well as the public in general. Located in the historic DANK HAUS building on Western Avenue at Lawrence, DANK Chicago is also home to the DANK German language school and has been a community resource and meeting place for over forty-five years.

For more information, visit www.dankhaus.com.

"Facing Walls", 20x16", Acrylic and Oil on Canvas. Available for purchase. Depicting shifting movements behind insurmountable, physical blocks, the painting displays growing energy through brooding tones of color. SOLD

"Freedom Comes As A Vision", 30x24", Oil and Acrylic on Canvas. Available for purchase. Oppression, blockage and limitation give way to insight through breaks in the canvas. "Freedom Comes As A Vision", speaks to enlightenment, hope and seeing beyond futile inflictions.

"Berlin 1961", 30x24", Oil and Acrylic on Canvas. Available for purchase. 1961 Berlin, Germany saw permanent divisions that would remain in place till 1989 when Ronald Regan called for the Soviet Union to tear down a wall that divided families, a nation and fragmented its' culture. The painting speaks to that exact moment in time.

"Homeland", 40x30", Steel, Barbed Wire with Denim. Available for purchase.

Chicago Artists Month 2008

Facing Walls art exhibition to participate in Chicago Artists Month 2008

Facing Walls exhibition at DANK-Haus is part of Chicago Artists Month, the thirteenth annual celebration of Chicago’s vibrant visual art community organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and is made possible through the Presenting Sponsorship of 3Arts and the Lead Sponsorship of the Sara Lee Foundation. For more information, call 312/744-6630 or visit
www.chicagoartistsmonth.org. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

Ravenswood Art Walk 2008

Facing Walls exhibition to participate in the 2008 Ravenswood Art Walk.

About Art Walk Ravenswood
Art Walk Ravenswood is two days dedicated to honoring and celebrating artists and industry in the Ravenswood Corridor. The signature event of Art Walk Ravenswood is the Tour of Arts and Industry, held this year on October 4 and 5, which will include 30 venues highlighting over 150 local artists. The tour is located on Ravenswood Avenue between Cornelia and Lawrence. Maps will be available at numerous locations on Ravenswood Avenue with all venues and artists listed.

For more information, visit www.artwalkravenswood.org.

Facing Walls

BERLIN ... BELFAST ... JERUSALEM: FACING WALLS ART EXHIBITION
OPENING RECEPTION TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 3rd AT THE DANK-HAUS CHICAGO

Acclaimed International Artists to Exhibit Works Depicting the Struggle to Triumph Over Political, Social, Physical and Emotional Barriers


CHICAGO, August 30, 2008 -- Facing Walls, a unique exhibition exploring both the physical and psychological effects of barriers presented in society, will open with a gala public reception on Friday, October 3rd, from 6pm to 9pm in the Scharpenberg Gallery on the 4th floor of the historic Dank-Haus Chicago.

Facing Walls will showcase more than 80 works of art by international, European Union artists as well as local artists from Chicago. These artists challenge the issues associated with political barriers through painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and metalwork. The exhibiting artists include Susan Barton, Cyd Smillie, Ed Ott, Lothar Speer, Sally Swingewood, Ronald Graziano, Laura Keeble, Lorna Filippini-Mulliken, Justin D. Miller, Adaesi Ukairo and Carol and David Koeller.

The public is invited to an opening cocktail reception for the exhibition and an opportunity to meet the artists and purchase their work on Friday, October 3rd, from 6pm to 9pm in the Scharpenberg Gallery on the 4th floor of the historic Dank-Haus. The Dank-Haus, is located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood at 4740 N. Western Avenue, one block south of Lawrence and one block north of the Western Avenue Brown Line L station.

In addition to the opening reception on October 3rd, Facing Walls will be open as part of Art Walk Ravenswood on Saturday, October 4th and Sunday, October 5th from 11am to 6pm. The Facing Walls exhibit will then be open during regular gallery hours on Saturdays from October 4th through November 29th from 11am to 3pm.

Facing Walls exhibition at DANK-Haus is part of Chicago Artists Month, the thirteenth annual celebration of Chicago’s vibrant visual art community organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and is made possible through the Presenting Sponsorship of 3Arts and the Lead Sponsorship of the Sara Lee Foundation. For more information, call 312/744-6630 or visit www.chicagoartistsmonth.org. The venue is free and open to the public.

What: Cocktail reception for opening of Facing Walls international art exhibition

When: Friday, October 3rd, from 6pm to 9pm

Where: Scharpenberg Gallery, 4th floor of the Dank-Haus, 4740 N. Western Ave.