Susanne Nyberg (American, b. 1953). Oil on canvas, ca. 1980. Signed on lower left. A stunning landscape painting depicting a river running through an evergreen forest below a mountain range by American artist Susanne Nyberg. Nyberg captured the drama of the scene with her expressive brushwork and impasto. Whitewater cascades over boulders, and a blasted tree trunk ravaged by time and weather has fallen, bridging one side of the river with the other. All is delineated in a beautiful color palette - shades of azure blue and slate grey; forest and spring green; sienna, umber, and yellow ochre; aqua, teal, and creamy white. Daylight dapples across the landscape, and one can almost hear the gurgling of the river rapids. Size: 16" L x 20" W (40.6 cm x 50.8 cm)
Susanne Nyberg was raised in Massachusetts, later moved to Washington, D.C., and then to Arizona. In Boston, she studied at the Art Institute and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and in Washington, D.C. she studied at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. This said, perhaps her greatest influence was artist Bill Freeman, the prominent Western landscape painter whom she met when she moved to Arizona early in her career. Freeman would become her mentor and close friend. Nyberg is best known for her impressively realistic oil and palette knife plein air landscape paintings. She and her husband have lived in the scenic Arizona desert in a small town called Carefree for most of their lives.
According to Nyberg's artist statement, "Susanne Nyberg’s artistic inspiration comes from the Arizona mountains where she lives. Whether she is painting realistic landscapes, or abstract paintings that incorporate minerals and gems mined from the mountains, the natural beauty of her surroundings compels her to create art."
Provenance: private Glorieta, New Mexico, USA collection
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Condition
This painting is signed by the artist on the lower left and is in excellent condition.