Plein-air oil paintings · California
"I paint on location. There's emotion in every brushstroke — playful, sometimes whimsical, often quiet."
— Susan Kendall
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View all available →Trained in the Society of Six tradition
Susan studied with Pam Glover, the California plein-air painter whose teacher Lundy Siegriest carried forward the color-forward modernism of the original Society of Six — the Oakland-based group that, in the 1920s, helped invent California painting.
Thirty years inside that tradition. New chapter now in San Clemente.
Six modernist painters who pioneered color-forward post-impressionism in Northern California.
Learn more →Son of one of the Six. Returned to the plein-air legacy after abstract work.
Learn more →Legendary teacher; four years under Lundy Siegriest.
Read more →Pam's students continue her weekly Bay Area paint-outs.
Read more →Leads the Glover Group; paints in the California Colorist tradition.
Her story →Past works
Browse the archive →A selection of pieces from Susan's working archive — all sold or in private collections, shown here as a record of her practice.
Nortonville Road
Wildflowers in funky vase. Watercolor and gouache on mixed media paper
On the easel. Painted on Algerine road today. I tried painting on a white canva…
Yellow Vineyard
Divine appointment an abstract
This is an art greeting card I made to send to a Friend – I like doing these
The Burns Cottage, Columbia
