Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Shushanik Karapetyan is a New York based artist. Shushanik's paintings are informed by her work as a gestalt psychotherapist, placing significance on the present moment, being attuned to both internal processes - feelings, thoughts, and external influences as she works on a piece. While paintings begin with some form of structure (i.e., a seascape or a landscape), this structure is tentative and flexible, guided by moment-to-moment decisions, whether it’s the choice of brush, color, texture, or movement in the painting. There is often a repetitive piece to her work such as pointillist strokes with a filbert brush or sweeping long strokes with a flat brush.
