I've admired the works of Suzy Barnard for years, mostly during the Open Studios, where I can see the artist in her perch overlooking her landscape, the bay. Her work reflects a little Turner, a little Whistler and in my opinion a fair amount of Monet or at least many of the impressionists of a long bygone era. Her subjects are the big container ships that ply the San Francisco Bay, but in my opinion the real beauty is the light, the subtleties, the atmosphere, the infinite number of different ways the bay feels moment to moment. I'm a fan and not just because my girlfriend recently bought me one of her paintings - which I love! read more