This series reflects Susan Ziegler's ongoing meditation on nature within the urban environment through a process-based practice of painting and printmaking. Her work begins with drawing from observation, sketching elements such as patterns of shadow and light, plants, and architectural forms. Through a combination of monotype, painting, and collage, she
layers these elements, creating a continual push and pull between the role of chance and a search for
balance and visual harmony. Inspired by Olivia Laing’s book Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency, the work reflects Ziegler's sense of wonder and hope alongside a feeling of uneasiness in the current climate. She aims to capture the complexity, delicacy, and dynamism of her surroundings through abstraction.

About the artist: Susan Ziegler earned a BA from Amherst College and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. Ziegler has presented her work at the One River School of Art + Design, Long Island University, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Nahcotta, the LBI Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Hayes Valley Art Center, and the Contemporary Art Center in Peoria, Il., among other venues. In 2017, she was an artist-in-residence in the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Process Space on Governor’s Island. Her paintings are in private and public collections including GlaxoSmithKline, SAS Institute, The Watermark Group, and the U.S. Department of State. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and Macaulay Honors College at the City College of New York. Ziegler lives and works in Brooklyn.