Susan Jamison

Susan Jamison is best known for her intricate egg tempera paintings, which present a mystery cult of florid women who foray into the wild and commune with animal spirit guides or familiars, acting as avatars for the viewer’s imagination. These figures combine vulnerability and strength, sexuality an…

The figures presented in my allegorical egg tempera paintings are like Pictish warrior women decorated for battle, like Mother Nature whose skin is literally blooming, or akin to a Fascinatrix luring through spells. They project innocent sensuality, strength, and vulnerability. Alongside the enchant…

In my sculptural and installation work I’m using crafting techniques such as sewing and embroidery to create poetic, symbolic forms which are feminist social commentary, that memorialize, or that invoke magic rituals. I want to make things as women who came before me have made things. As in my paint…