Treasures from the Archives

July 2nd- Aug. 31st 2025
Reception with artist Susan Lehman will be on Sunday, July 27th from 2-4pm

“Moving to the Oregon Coast almost 25 years ago, I immediately found a home within the Bay Area artistic community. There are so many opportunities here to share art-making experiences and to show the resulting creative endeavors. Workshops, classes, studio groups, plein air painting groups, critique groups and artist friends have welcomed me and encouraged me to show my paintings and collages locally along the Coast and in I-5 Corridor Galleries and Art Museums.

Recently I have decided to share my Beloved Treasures from the depths of my Studio Annex. Please join me in welcoming you to see what 25 years of art making have come up with and to celebrate this quarter century on the Oregon Coast.”

Susan Lehman

Beyond Words – Lyrical Collages

Susan Lehman’s abstract collages based upon Nature are poetic expressions of the movement and energy felt here on the edge of the continent. Dense opaque gesso is carved and gouged to suggest the weathering seen on the Coast, providing the base layer for delicate layers of collected and created papers that alternate with sparkling acrylic glazes. Often working in diptychs, Susan always works in a series to fully explore the concepts that attract her, playing upon the relationships between one panel and the next. Her work has been shown in galleries from Seattle to Sacramento.