About Susan
Susan Inglesby-Sykes sold her first professional painting at her premier show at Morris Martick’s Bar on Mulberry street in 1967, and her most recent sale—47 years later—was three weeks ago at the Cocco & Salem Imagine Gallery in Key West, Florida.
Outside of those two watershed events, she studied at the Maryland Institute of Art (MICA) from the age of seven (and learned oil painting at age ten from Joe Sheppard, who recommended the Martick’s show when she was 22) to full-time… more
Outside of those two watershed events, she studied at the Maryland Institute of Art (MICA) from the age of seven (and learned oil painting at age ten from Joe Sheppard, who recommended the Martick’s show when she was 22) to full-time… more
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Eating & Drinking
This is a collection of paintings of Baltimore and Key West bars and eateries, where we get a glimpse of public moments of whimsy.
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Key West South Beach Lunch #1oil on canvas, 15" x 30"
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Irreconcilable Differencesoil on canvas, 24" x 48"
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Key West South Beach Lunch #2oil on canvas, 15" x 30"
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Violet Cafe Boston Streetoil on wood, 24" x 36"
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Pot Bellied Pig's Cafe Boston Streetoil on canvas, 15" x 30"
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Manet's Cafe Boston Streetoil on canvas, 15" x 30"
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Brown cafe #2 Boston Streetwatercolor on paper, 10" x 13"
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Brown cafe #1 Boston Streetwatercolor on paper, 10" x 13"
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Red Cafe (watercolor) Boston Streetwatercolor on paper, 10" x 13"
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Red Cafe #1 Boston Streetoil on canvas, 24" x 36"
Gritty Baltimore
oils, watercolors, and pencil drawings of locals living amidst the grit of a post-industrial American city.
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Stephanie and Cole on Baltimore Stpencil on paper, 18" x 24"
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Timmy on Decker Streetpencil on paper, 18" x 24"
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Streetfight on Baltimore Stpencil on paper, 20" x 30"
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Edward & Shanasiapencil on paper, 18" x 24"
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Adamoil on paper, 30" x 45"
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the Ravenoil on canvas, 16" x 20"
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Mount Royal Cemetery Carwatercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
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Highland Avenue Bartender on Baltimore Stwatercolor on paper, 9" x 12"
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Lake Trout on Greenmount Avewatercolor on paper, 24" x 40"
Bartenders
pencil drawings of real bartenders from New York City and Ireland
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Berry's Bar #2pencil on illustration board, 14" x 18"
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Berry's Bar #1pencil on illustration board, 14" x 18"
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Frontierepencil on illustration board, 15" x 20"
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Cellar Pub, Derry Citypencil on illustration board, 18" x 24"
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Barbara at 5th St Barpencil on illustration board, 15" x 20"
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Barbara at Brothers BBQpencil on illustration board, 15" x 20"
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At the Village Gatepencil on illustration board, 15" x 20"
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Brooklyn Bartenderpencil on illustration board, 9" x 12"
Vintage Baltimore, Washingon DC, & NYC
watercolors of our history before and after WWII
(archives, http://www.bernarduccimeisel.com/artist/index.php?aid=32)
(review http://www.nysun.com/arts/art-in-brief-2007-04-12/52290/)
(archives, http://www.bernarduccimeisel.com/artist/index.php?aid=32)
(review http://www.nysun.com/arts/art-in-brief-2007-04-12/52290/)
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Arrow Beer 1945 on Charles Stwatercolor on paper, 22" x 30"
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Howard Furs 1930swatercolor on paper, 12" x 16"
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Jefferson Liquor 1920watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
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First Pitch Griffith Stadium 1940watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
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USS Missouri 1943watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
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Inauguration 1944watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
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White House December 7, 1941watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
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Yellow Car 1943watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
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Lyric Theater 1925watercolor on paper, 12" x 16"
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5th Ave 42d St, 1938watercolor on paper, 18" x 24"
Maryland Mountain Flowers
Watercolors and oils of flowers that grow wild around my summer studio
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Tiger lily #2oil on wood, 24" x 36"
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Mulberry #3watercolor on paper, 15" x 20", 2011
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Mulberry #2watercolor on paper, 9" x 12"
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Mulberry #1watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
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Tiger lily #1watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
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Yellow Irises #3watercolor on paper, 15" x 20", 2009
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Yellow Irises #2watercolor on paper, 15" x 20", 2009
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Yellow Irises #1watercolor on paper, 15" x 20", 2009
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Yellow Irisesoil on canvas, 24" x 36", 2008
Vintage Key West
Watercolors of vintage Key West scenes from 1937-73 (done by special request for 2013 and 2015 shows, http://www.coccoandsalem.com/susansykes.htm)
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Eaton St Church 1955watercolor on paper, 12" x 16"
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Elena Hoyos Finally RIP 1940watercolor on paper, 10" x 13"
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Hemingway House 1964watercolor on paper, 10" x 14"
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Duval Street 1952oil on canvas, 16" x 20"
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Captain Tony 1957watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"
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Seaplane 1920soil on canvas, 12" x 12"
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Elks Lodge 1948watercolor on paper, 12" x 16"
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Brown Car 1973watercolor on paper, 10" x 14"
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Duval Street 1939watercolor on paper, 10" x 14"