For painter and professor Suzanne Schireson, the overlap of motherhood and creativity is central to her vibrant figurative art. A mom to two children, Schireson has spent a great deal of time researching historic artists who were committed both to their studios and to caretaking. A series of recent paintings inspired by this will be on view in a solo exhibition titled Bright Ground at Cade Tompkins Projects on the East Side of Providence from May 3 to August 31.
Summing up the idea behind her work, Schireson says, “My images are based on a mother or a caretaker, and I imagine a makeshift studio space for them through these invented portraits. These spaces are intended to be more psychological than physical. The paintings are not about escape; they are about a deep desire to reflect and refuel.”
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