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Valentino Couture Painting

Susan Washington

United States

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 48 W x 60 H x 1.5 D in

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About The Artwork

This work is created with thick and richly pigmented oil paints on canvas, ready to hang with a small strip frame. The painting had a thin later of pinks and red in oil underneath. Once that dried I began applying blacks and graphite grey colors which finally I etched into to reveal my inspiration with text on the surface. Ships rolled I was so absolutely moved by the recent Valentino show at Paris Fashion Week I turned right to the canvas to try to capture the emotions. The collection created by Pierpaolo Piccioli were so vibrant and so stunningly feminine and gorgeous. There was a fabulous contrast of colors and you could easily tell that there was some floral inspiration behind the collection, with each of these vivid gowns being named after their inspiration. There is a smaller piece similar to this I created first as a study and that then led to this piece. I alternate between having the show on the screen while painting and my playlist. I wanted to share this quote by Pierpaolo Piccioli, shows the significance of the show (which included 43 black female models).... " I found this quote inspiring as well as the significance of the work, so feminine yet completely strong and powerful, add 43 black models to walk down the runway and, well....." Couture is a dream. Although it celebrates uniqueness, which is a synonym for diversity, it has always meant to be for white people. From the Forties, the pioneering magazines Ebony and Jet, have been making a great effort to give black beauty the deserved dignity. Franca published the Black Issue, ten years ago, demonstrating to be a courageous woman and a real visionary. To have a Roman brand represented by Black Beauty goes against all the xenophobia in Italy and, hopefully, all over the world. With this Valentino Haute Couture collection, my hope is to deliver the message, as strong as I can. Change the aesthetic and you change the perception of people more than any slogan. Everyone is allowed to dream, this is the inclusivity of Haute Couture. "

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Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:48 W x 60 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. www.susanwashingtonfineart.com 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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