Work samples
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Ancient Dragonflies detailLarge Mobile. Treated bamboo and other grasses, watercolors on handmade paper, paint.
About Susana
Baltimore City
Susana Harris explores her own inner mythology - a world of characters that she brings to life in the form of mobiles, sculptures and animations. Susana gathers and manipulates bamboo and other grasses by heating, curling and painting them. Sometimes adding watercolors on handmade paper, gold leaf and found feathers, she constructs forms full of movement. Early memories of the Roman ruins along the coast of Libya, to the galleries of the Prado and the Uffizi, the Parthenon and the Acropolis… more
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Cicada Greeters 2021
Created to celebrate the phenomenon of the 2021 emergence of the 17 year Cicadas in our region. Constructed from winter stone, bamboo, Mylar, paint.
DNA Arising Transformed by the Virus
Inspired by our current battle with the COVID virus and how our society has been transformed in so many ways, socially and physically.
Constructed from curled bamboo and treated grasses,finished with paint and gold leaf.
Constructed from curled bamboo and treated grasses,finished with paint and gold leaf.
Butterfly Portals
As insect populations plummet, these portals are a visual ode to the amazing beauty of our struggling butterflies and other insects.
Constructed of bamboo and grasses, handmade paper with watercolors, paints and gold leaf.
Constructed of bamboo and grasses, handmade paper with watercolors, paints and gold leaf.
The Fireflies are Exiting the Planet
Sadden by the drastic drop in firefly populations, an ode to their ethereal magic.
Mobile 4' width, 2' depth. Treated bamboo and other grasses, paints, bronze leaf.
Mobile 4' width, 2' depth. Treated bamboo and other grasses, paints, bronze leaf.
Ancient Dragon Flies
Inspired by the Meganeuropais Permiana the largest insect ever known to inhabit prehistoric earth, ancestor to our dragon fly. Mobile, two figures 4'&3' in length. Bamboo and other grasses, handmade paper, paint, gold leaf.
There are Viruses Amongst Us
The COVID virus has transformed our lives, in many ways causing us to become further alienated from one another.
Large mobile, bamboo and other grasses, paint, gold leaf.
7' length and 18"depth.
Large mobile, bamboo and other grasses, paint, gold leaf.
7' length and 18"depth.
Sexy Man at the Disco
Sculpture. Three figures ranging in height 18", 16",15". Bamboo and other grasses, watercolors on handmade paper, paint, gold leaf. These characters take part in a stop action animation.
Tippy Toes
Details of Tippy Toes. Treated bamboo, paint, watercolors, gold, bronze and silver leaf, feathers. These characters take part in stop motion animations.
Fancy Lady walking her Fancy Dog
Sculpture. Two figures, 14"& 5". Curled bamboo and other grasses, watercolors on handmade paper, paint, gold leaf. These characters take part in stop motion animations.