Imagine there is a room filled with the sounds of voices describing their favorite garden memories. You can hear birdsongs and the scrape of shovels in the background.
What has the garden taught you?
“Patience”
“Failure is a part of growing”
“Joy can be composted from sorrow"
Susan Hable’s “The Garden Club” is a series of new paintings that began with the question, “What do gardens teach us?” This show is filled with saturated, expressive, patterned portraits of people who believe that something small—given time, space, and light—could grow into something full of beauty.
These works are about what grows when you aren’t looking, and what waits quietly until you're ready. Each piece is alive with the sounds, scents, and stories of people who have cultivated something, lost something, watched something grow.
What do you leave behind in the soil?
What have you buried, and what has bloomed?
What grows in the cracks?
What memory still blooms, even now?
What roots have you laid down without noticing?
What has your garden taught you?
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If you'd like to view any of these pieces in person, please send us an email to jamie@spaldingnixfineart.com
"Nursery," oil on canvas, 82.5 by 96 inches
"The Flower Market," oil on canvas, 48 by 36 inches
"Side Yard Bed," oil on canvas, 40 by 109 inches
"The Hat," oil on canvas, 50 by 70 inches
"Yellow Drapes," oil on canvas, 49 by 36 inches
"Daydreamer," oil on canvas, 36 by 48 inches
"The Flower Market," oil on canvas, 56 by 46 inches
"Tortoise Shell Glasses," oil on canvas, 46 by 26 inches
"Ikebana," oil on canvas, 48 by 36 inches
"Pearl," ink on paper, 40 by 60 inches
"Kaftan Collage series," gouache on paper, 30 by 22 inches unframed, 32.25 by 24.75 inches framed
Portrait by Rinne Allen.
Susan Hable is a multidisciplinary Artist based in Athens, Georgia and Corsicana, Texas. She works in a variety of mediums including painting, drawing, paper collage, ceramics and bronze. Her work serves as a vivid reminder to investigate the magic of each moment & to identify beauty in the every-day. Drawing inspiration from youthful impulses and a boundless imagination, her paintings act as an invitation into an enchanting world of strange gardens where the interplay of loose brush strokes and the rhythmic cadence of natural cycles converge. Each canvas dances with abundance, filled with larger than life blossoms, bold colors, and whimsical patterns. Believing that we are all cultivators of our own gardens, both literal and metaphorical, her work is about growth, transformation, and the enduring beauty found in the unexpected corners of our lives. Susan received a BFA from the University of Alabama and studied at the Fuji Studio in Florence, Italy and at Parsons School of Design in New York. She is the co-owner of Hable Gallery in Corsicana, TX and the Creative Director of the popular design studio, Hable Construction. Her work has been published in numerous magazines including the New York Times, T Magazine, Forbes, Architectural Digest and Look out Design Report.
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