About Susan

Susan Inglesby-Sykes sold her first professional painting at her premier show at Morris Martick’s Bar on Mulberry street in 1967, and her most recent sale—47 years later—was three weeks ago at the Cocco & Salem Imagine Gallery in Key West, Florida.
Outside of those two watershed events, she studied at the Maryland Institute of Art (MICA) from the age of seven (and learned oil painting at age ten from Joe Sheppard, who recommended the Martick’s show when she was 22) to full-time… more

Eating & Drinking

This is a collection of paintings of Baltimore and Key West bars and eateries, where we get a glimpse of public moments of whimsy.
  • Key West South Beach Lunch #1
    Key West South Beach Lunch #1
    oil on canvas, 15" x 30"
  • Irreconcilable Differences
    Irreconcilable Differences
    oil on canvas, 24" x 48"
  • Key West South Beach Lunch #2
    Key West South Beach Lunch #2
    oil on canvas, 15" x 30"
  • Violet Cafe Boston Street
    Violet Cafe Boston Street
    oil on wood, 24" x 36"
  • Pot Bellied Pig's Cafe Boston Street
    Pot Bellied Pig's Cafe Boston Street
    oil on canvas, 15" x 30"
  • Manet's Cafe Boston Street
    Manet's Cafe Boston Street
    oil on canvas, 15" x 30"
  • Brown cafe #2 Boston Street
    Brown cafe #2 Boston Street
    watercolor on paper, 10" x 13"
  • Brown cafe #1 Boston Street
    Brown cafe #1 Boston Street
    watercolor on paper, 10" x 13"
  • Red Cafe (watercolor) Boston Street
    Red Cafe (watercolor) Boston Street
    watercolor on paper, 10" x 13"
  • Red Cafe #1 Boston Street
    Red Cafe #1 Boston Street
    oil on canvas, 24" x 36"

Gritty Baltimore

oils, watercolors, and pencil drawings of locals living amidst the grit of a post-industrial American city.
  • Stephanie and Cole on Baltimore St
    Stephanie and Cole on Baltimore St
    pencil on paper, 18" x 24"
  • Timmy on Decker Street
    Timmy on Decker Street
    pencil on paper, 18" x 24"
  • Streetfight on Baltimore St
    Streetfight on Baltimore St
    pencil on paper, 20" x 30"
  • Edward & Shanasia
    Edward & Shanasia
    pencil on paper, 18" x 24"
  • Adam
    Adam
    oil on paper, 30" x 45"
  • the Raven
    the Raven
    oil on canvas, 16" x 20"
  • Mount Royal Cemetery Car
    Mount Royal Cemetery Car
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
  • Highland Avenue Bartender on Baltimore St
    Highland Avenue Bartender on Baltimore St
    watercolor on paper, 9" x 12"
  • Lake Trout on Greenmount Ave
    Lake Trout on Greenmount Ave
    watercolor on paper, 24" x 40"

Bartenders

pencil drawings of real bartenders from New York City and Ireland
  • Berry's Bar #2
    Berry's Bar #2
    pencil on illustration board, 14" x 18"
  • Berry's Bar #1
    Berry's Bar #1
    pencil on illustration board, 14" x 18"
  • Frontiere
    Frontiere
    pencil on illustration board, 15" x 20"
  • Cellar Pub, Derry City
    Cellar Pub, Derry City
    pencil on illustration board, 18" x 24"
  • Barbara at 5th St Bar
    Barbara at 5th St Bar
    pencil on illustration board, 15" x 20"
  • Barbara at Brothers BBQ
    Barbara at Brothers BBQ
    pencil on illustration board, 15" x 20"
  • At the Village Gate
    At the Village Gate
    pencil on illustration board, 15" x 20"
  • Brooklyn Bartender
    Brooklyn Bartender
    pencil on illustration board, 9" x 12"

Vintage Baltimore, Washingon DC, & NYC

watercolors of our history before and after WWII
(archives, http://www.bernarduccimeisel.com/artist/index.php?aid=32)
(review http://www.nysun.com/arts/art-in-brief-2007-04-12/52290/)
  • Arrow Beer 1945 on Charles St
    Arrow Beer 1945 on Charles St
    watercolor on paper, 22" x 30"
  • Howard Furs 1930s
    Howard Furs 1930s
    watercolor on paper, 12" x 16"
  • Jefferson Liquor 1920
    Jefferson Liquor 1920
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
  • First Pitch Griffith Stadium 1940
    First Pitch Griffith Stadium 1940
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
  • USS Missouri 1943
    USS Missouri 1943
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
  • Inauguration 1944
    Inauguration 1944
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
  • White House December 7, 1941
    White House December 7, 1941
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
  • Yellow Car 1943
    Yellow Car 1943
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
  • Lyric Theater 1925
    Lyric Theater 1925
    watercolor on paper, 12" x 16"
  • 5th Ave 42d St, 1938
    5th Ave 42d St, 1938
    watercolor on paper, 18" x 24"

Maryland Mountain Flowers

Watercolors and oils of flowers that grow wild around my summer studio
  • Tiger lily #2
    Tiger lily #2
    oil on wood, 24" x 36"
  • Mulberry #3
    Mulberry #3
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20", 2011
  • Mulberry #2
    Mulberry #2
    watercolor on paper, 9" x 12"
  • Mulberry #1
    Mulberry #1
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
  • Tiger lily #1
    Tiger lily #1
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
  • Yellow Irises #3
    Yellow Irises #3
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20", 2009
  • Yellow Irises #2
    Yellow Irises #2
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20", 2009
  • Yellow Irises #1
    Yellow Irises #1
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20", 2009
  • Yellow Irises
    Yellow Irises
    oil on canvas, 24" x 36", 2008

Vintage Key West

Watercolors of vintage Key West scenes from 1937-73 (done by special request for 2013 and 2015 shows, http://www.coccoandsalem.com/susansykes.htm)
  • Eaton St Church 1955
    Eaton St Church 1955
    watercolor on paper, 12" x 16"
  • Elena Hoyos Finally RIP 1940
    Elena Hoyos Finally RIP 1940
    watercolor on paper, 10" x 13"
  • Hemingway House 1964
    Hemingway House 1964
    watercolor on paper, 10" x 14"
  • Duval Street 1952
    Duval Street 1952
    oil on canvas, 16" x 20"
  • Captain Tony 1957
    Captain Tony 1957
    watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
  • Seaplane 1920s
    Seaplane 1920s
    oil on canvas, 12" x 12"
  • Elks Lodge 1948
    Elks Lodge 1948
    watercolor on paper, 12" x 16"
  • Brown Car 1973
    Brown Car 1973
    watercolor on paper, 10" x 14"
  • Duval Street 1939
    Duval Street 1939
    watercolor on paper, 10" x 14"