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This painting is part of my Subway Sonnet series and created with oil, paper on canvas. It is all sealed with a UV protective gloss varnish and ready to hang. 
 
"The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broken places” - Ernest Hemingway...
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When we think of Hercules we always think of strength but when the Oracle of Apollo told Hercules that he must be a slave for three years to a barbarian woman, Queen Omphale of Lydia, all his power was stripped away when she took his clothes and forced him to labor for her dressed as a woman....
 
However, Omphale ultimately fell in love with Hercules, they became lovers, and after his three years of servitude was complete, they married and had two children together....
 
Another pictorial reference in my painting "Subway Sonnet #7 - On Strength" are the Twin Towers. NYC was physically and emotionally broken but grew stronger together through the many acts of recovery and reconstruction that I witnessed as a proud daughter of this eternal city.  

More information on this series can be found on my Saatchi Art profile in my artist statement.
This painting is part of my Subway Sonnet series and created with oil, paper on canvas. It is all sealed with a UV protective gloss varnish and ready to hang. 
 
"The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broken places” - Ernest Hemingway...
.
When we think of Hercules we always think of strength but when the Oracle of Apollo told Hercules that he must be a slave for three years to a barbarian woman, Queen Omphale of Lydia, all his power was stripped away when she took his clothes and forced him to labor for her dressed as a woman....
 
However, Omphale ultimately fell in love with Hercules, they became lovers, and after his three years of servitude was complete, they married and had two children together....
 
Another pictorial reference in my painting "Subway Sonnet #7 - On Strength" are the Twin Towers. NYC was physically and emotionally broken but grew stronger together through the many acts of recovery and reconstruction that I witnessed as a proud daughter of this eternal city.  

More information on this series can be found on my Saatchi Art profile in my artist statement.
This painting is part of my Subway Sonnet series and created with oil, paper on canvas. It is all sealed with a UV protective gloss varnish and ready to hang. 
 
"The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broken places” - Ernest Hemingway...
.
When we think of Hercules we always think of strength but when the Oracle of Apollo told Hercules that he must be a slave for three years to a barbarian woman, Queen Omphale of Lydia, all his power was stripped away when she took his clothes and forced him to labor for her dressed as a woman....
 
However, Omphale ultimately fell in love with Hercules, they became lovers, and after his three years of servitude was complete, they married and had two children together....
 
Another pictorial reference in my painting "Subway Sonnet #7 - On Strength" are the Twin Towers. NYC was physically and emotionally broken but grew stronger together through the many acts of recovery and reconstruction that I witnessed as a proud daughter of this eternal city.  

More information on this series can be found on my Saatchi Art profile in my artist statement.
This painting is part of my Subway Sonnet series and created with oil, paper on canvas. It is all sealed with a UV protective gloss varnish and ready to hang. 
 
"The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broken places” - Ernest Hemingway...
.
When we think of Hercules we always think of strength but when the Oracle of Apollo told Hercules that he must be a slave for three years to a barbarian woman, Queen Omphale of Lydia, all his power was stripped away when she took his clothes and forced him to labor for her dressed as a woman....
 
However, Omphale ultimately fell in love with Hercules, they became lovers, and after his three years of servitude was complete, they married and had two children together....
 
Another pictorial reference in my painting "Subway Sonnet #7 - On Strength" are the Twin Towers. NYC was physically and emotionally broken but grew stronger together through the many acts of recovery and reconstruction that I witnessed as a proud daughter of this eternal city.  

More information on this series can be found on my Saatchi Art profile in my artist statement.

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Subway Sonnet #7 | On Strength Painting

Susan Washington

United States

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 30 W x 40 H x 1.5 D in

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This painting is part of my Subway Sonnet series and created with oil, paper on canvas. It is all sealed with a UV protective gloss varnish and ready to hang. "The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broken places” - Ernest Hemingway... . When we think of Hercules we always think of strength but when the Oracle of Apollo told Hercules that he must be a slave for three years to a barbarian woman, Queen Omphale of Lydia, all his power was stripped away when she took his clothes and forced him to labor for her dressed as a woman.... However, Omphale ultimately fell in love with Hercules, they became lovers, and after his three years of servitude was complete, they married and had two children together.... Another pictorial reference in my painting "Subway Sonnet #7 - On Strength" are the Twin Towers. NYC was physically and emotionally broken but grew stronger together through the many acts of recovery and reconstruction that I witnessed as a proud daughter of this eternal city. More information on this series can be found on my Saatchi Art profile in my artist statement.

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30 W x 40 H x 1.5 D in

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Susan Washington is an abstract painter from Brooklyn New York. She comes from a family of painters and though has painted all her life she made her career in the fashion industry in NYC for 20 years before relocating to the Pocono Mountains to become a full-time painter. Her paintings have been shown nationally at Hamptons Market Art & Design, White Room Gallery in the Hamptons, The Affordable Art Fair NY, The Other Art Fair Los Angeles, Art Warehouse Los Angeles and internationally at Southport Art Center and Antwerpen. Works in collections include David Hoey & Katja Van Herle (LA & Antwerpen), Google NYC, Circle Wealth Management NYC, Jimmy O. Yang (Los Angeles), The Daxton, The Renaissance Palm Springs, Turnberry Ocean Club, HBO writer Joshua Conkel, The Stastny Foundation and numerous private collections worldwide. Susan’s paintings have also been included in film and motion pictures including The Book Club with Diane Keaton, LA’s Finest, The Morning Show, The Laundromat . Susan relocated to Baltimore in April of 2021 where she has a large studio on W. Pratt Street. Along with continuing to explore her Subway Sonnet’s body of work, Susan is commissioned for large-scale paintings and works closely with designers on residential and hospitality design projects. REPRESENTATION Winkel Galler | Baltimore MD The White Room Gallery | Hamptons, NY Muriel Guepin Gallery | NYC Artspace Warehouse | Los Angeles, CA Online with Saatchi Art and limited selection of works at Holly Hunt NYC.

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