Portraits of Flowers: Paintings by Susanna Beltrandi

Artist Reception during Coffee Hour

Sunday, March 7 

“Portraits of Flowers” is Susanna Beltrandi’s first solo exhibition of oil paintings.  Just as with portraits of people, these portraits of flowers reveal different characteristics, shapes and colors.  Each flower has a personal story; it might be a flower from a community garden, a close-up of an orchid, a beautiful rose from someone’s garden, or simply a memory from the artist’s own garden.  The small works in the show are quick studies of flowers painted in a much less controlled  manner. 

Susanna Beltrandi grew up in Switzerland, where she completed an apprenticeship as a draftsman before immigrating to the United States.  At the School of Visual Arts in New York, she specialized in Textile Design.  For many years she practiced that profession, mainly creating original designs painted on silk, before returning to school to study Fine Arts.  Inspired by nature, she creates representational art in many different disciplines, including photography, watercolor, oil painting, and cyanotype printing.

Gallery hours for this exhibit are Mondays and Tuesdays from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and Fridays from 12:00 p.m-4:00 p.m.

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