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Susan Seddon Boulet
Mother and Child

About the Item

Signed lower left, 'Susan Seddon Boulet' and painted circa 1975. A rare figural of a mother and child by this founder of the Visionary art movement in the United States. Working principally in oil and oil pastel, Susan Seddon Boulet developed a distinctive personal style characterized by the use of subtle color applied in glaze-layers from which dream-like forms emerged, drawing inspiration from Jungian psychology, mythology and poetry as well as a deep love of animals and the natural world. Boulet's early work was simpler, broader and more light-hearted with portrayals of medieval figures and fantasy characters gradually evolving into a more complex layering of anthropomorphic images of animals, Shamans and Goddesses. Working primarily in French oil pastels, inks and occasionally pencil, she developed a distinctive personal style characterized by the use of color applied in layers from which dream-like forms emerged. She drew her inspiration from a wide variety of sources: mythology and poetry, Jungian psychology and worldwide spiritual traditions, as well as a deep love of animal and the natural world. There is a fairy tale quality to her work, a sentimental recalling of childhood dreams of fairies and castles and magic but always tinged, in the later works, with more adult complexities. Her art exerted and continues to exert a profound influence on the lives that it touches. Anais Nin wrote of Boulet's work: 'These figures are out of our dreams, those which flee from us upon awakening, those which are dispersed like dew at dawn, those which fall apart between our fingers like dust-roses. Susan has a more muted step, or perhaps she is invisible...more soft-voiced, soft-gestured, as the images do not escape from her. She can return from her voyages with intact descriptions...from places never visited by us but which we remember.' Sedan-Boulet's paintings are held in prominent private and public collections throughout the world. Published works on her art include 'Shaman: The Paintings of Susan Seddon Boulet', 'Susan Seddon-Boulet: The Goddess Paintings', 'The Power of the Bear' and a comprehensive overview of her life and art, 'Susan Seddon-Boulet: A Retrospective'.

Creator:
Susan Seddon Boulet (1941 - 1997, American)
Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)
Medium:
Encaustic
Period:
1970-1979
Condition:
minor restoration.
Gallery Location:
Santa Cruz, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU344221702