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 →New pieces will be posted here as Susan finishes them in the studio. Get on the list to see them first.
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.
A group of 6 modernist painters (founded 1917) who pioneered a color-forward, post-impressionist style in Northern California.
Learn more →Son of Louis Siegriest (one of the Six). A modernist known for abstract expressionism who returned to the "Six" plein-air legacy.
Learn more →A founding member of "The Outsiders" and a legendary teacher who studied for four years under Lundy Siegriest.
Read more →A collective of painters who studied under Pam Glover and continue her legacy of weekly Bay Area "paint-outs."
Read more →Carrying the lineage into the present, Susan leads the Glover Group and paints in the tradition of the California Colorists.
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.
