Artist: Susan Vecsey

Berry Campbell presents a focused exhibition of recent work by Susan Vecsey

Vecsey arrives at her minimal compositions through an elaborate series of actions that begins with direct observation and ends with improvisation. First, she creates charcoal sketches in the plein air tradition, recording the landscapes along the shores of eastern Long Island. Then she moves to the studio. Using tactics from artistic influences including the Tonalists and Josef Albers, she creates pastel and color studies to achieve the precise effect she envisions. Only then does she begin to pour. Vecsey describes her distinctive process as “working like a watercolorist with liquefied oil paint.” Using large cups, she pours her carefully calibrated hues directly on a surface of brown linen. She does one pour a day on each painting, building the colors in layers and taking the surface into account, typically raw Belgian linen. She works on several canvases a day; each can take two or three months to complete. This show runs concurrently with Vecsey’s solo exhibition at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, on view September 16 through November 28, 2026.