Artist Bio
Susan Sinclair Galego comes from a family of artists spanning several generations. Upon graduation from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, she returned to Washington DC to raise her family and some years later has come full circle, focusing on her love of the figure, the still life and the landscape. Her paintings have found homes in the United States and internationally.
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"The Yellow Chair" received 2nd Prize in Oils and Acrylics at the Juried Members Winter Show, 2025, at the Rockville Art League.
The spring and summer of 2025 brought two group gallery shows, Bridge Fine Art and Framing, Shepherdstown, WV, and the Zebra Gallery, Easton, MD.
Her work was included in Behind the Facade at Calloway Fine Art and Consulting, Washington, DC and Bridge Fine Art's Back Alley Tea and Garden Tour with the Goldfinch Studio Painters, Shepherdstown, WV, 2024.
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In December 2023, Susan was the proud recipient of awards for Best in Show for "Living Room" at the Juried Yellow Barn Studio's Members Show and 1st Prize in Oils and Acrylics for "After the Affair", at the Juried Members Winter Show, Rockville Art League.
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In 2020-2023, her work received recognition from the Rockville Art League, the Womens Club of Chevy Chase, Montgomery Art Association and FOYBS Paint Out. "Giddy Up" was featured at Glen Echo Park’s 100th Anniversary of the Carousel, 2021.
Susan also curates the work of others, Penny Doolittle, Solo Exhibition, June 2024 and in May 2023 exhibited the work of her father Alvin M. Cohen, Mid Century Artist (student of Fernand Leger and Herman Maril). She annually assists with the curation of exhibitions at the Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery including solo shows of Walt Bartman.
Susan is a board member of the” Friends”, the non-profit partner to the Yellow Barn Studio which supports the growth of emerging artists, sponsors three member shows, a high school exhibition and a paint out annually.
Her first solo show Vignettes was held at the Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery in May 2019. Susan is a long time student of Walt Bartman at the Yellow Barn Studio and paints plein air with the Middletown Goldfinch Studio Painters and shows with a second group, the Fairweather Artists.
Her work is for sale and she takes commissions upon request. She can be reached at susangalego@gmail.com
Artist‘s Statement
My work is created with responsiveness and intuition to the study. The painting is most often a life study, whether it be a figure, a landscape or a still life. I try to capture how I respond to the subject and how I am influenced by the sensory experience of being in a particular environment. The interior work often reflects a domestic and comfortable scene and a sense of voyeur. I often use my imagination and memory to finish a painting. I am most successful when I paint what is most familiar to me.
​I like the paint quality itself, the colors, the mark making and the energy of the brush and the line. On much of the work I will leave ground exposed as I like to see the process, the layers, the versatility of the paint.
Painting connects me to myself and there is often a psychological or spiritual under current in the work as well as a sense of humor. My paintings have been described as narrative, calligraphic, and lyrical. I am influenced by Matisse, Cezanne and Gauguin among others.