SUSAN DORY
Love’s Dart
November 7–28, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 7, 3–5 pm
Nüart Gallery | Santa Monica, CA
(SANTA MONICA, CA) — Nüart Gallery presents Love’s Dart, a solo exhibition of new paintings
by Susan Dory, on view November 7–28, 2026. An opening reception will take place Saturday,
November 7, from 3–5 pm at the gallery’s Bergamot Station location. The artist will be present for
a walkthrough.
Susan Dory’s paintings explore how color gives shape to perception. In Love’s Dart, overlapping
bands of translucent paint build geometric structures around open centers. Drawing on the square
as a stabilizing boundary within mandalas, Dory creates compositions that accommodate subtle
shifts in depth and luminosity. Rounded corners and interrupted sequences guide the eye through
arrangements that seem to change as attention moves across the surface.
Yellows, pinks, and oranges take on greater prominence in this series, alongside pale blues,
greens, and darker passages. Dory brushes and pours fluid mixtures of acrylic paint and medium
onto canvases laid flat, building numerous layers whose translucency preserves earlier decisions.
Colors change where they overlap, and bands appear to advance or recede in relation to their
surroundings.
This gradual emergence relates to Dory’s interest in the moment an idea becomes a coherent
thought. Her compositions develop through testing, adjustment, and discovery, retaining the
accumulated experience of their making. Open centers give the paintings a contemplative
spaciousness, allowing color and structure to offer new relationships with each viewing.
Susan Dory is based in Seattle and received her BA from Iowa State University. Her honors
include the Neddy Award, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, and an Artist Trust Fellowship. Her
work is held in collections including the Tacoma Art Museum, the Ballinglen Museum of
Contemporary Art in Ireland, and the Microsoft Collection.
Nüart Gallery is located at Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue, #B4, Santa Monica, CA.
Hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 11 am–5 pm. For further information or high-resolution images,
contact 424.900.3888 or fineartla@nuartgallery.com.
