SHERMAN, Conn.—The Sherman Library is presenting a new art show, “At The Easel,” the impressionistic oil paintings of Susan Grisell Friday, June 13, through Wednesday, July 23.
The show can be viewed at the library located at 1 Sherman Center and on its website at ShermanLibrary.org.
The artist’s reception will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Grisell, of Gaylordsville, considers her work a visual diary, an attempt to suggest her impression of an arrangement of objects or of a specific place on a particular day with the viewer left to interpret.
Grisell works primarily in oil and whenever possible from life. She’s a representational painter who is described as an Impressionist. Her subjects are clearly recognizable, but not rendered in great detail, to give the viewer room for interpretation.
A professional painter for all of her adult life, Grisell has been painting for more than 50 years. She studied with a neighbor, Bernard Lennon of Gaylordsville, who insisted that she work with a palette knife for a full year, rather than a brush, to develop a flexible wrist and to avoid bad habits when moving between areas of color on the canvas.
Grisell began exhibiting in outdoor shows at 18, and took her first award, an honorable mention at the Washington Square Outdoor Art Show, a year later. She won numerous awards, including several Best in Shows, before quitting outdoor exhibits in 2019. Recently, she won the “Best Wild Places Award” last October at Litchfield’s inaugural Plein Air event, and in April took the “Barbara Goodspeed Award” at SCAN’s Spring exhibit in Newtown.
For more information about the show visit shermanlibrary.org.