Artist Past Articles

Susan Arena is an artist based in Los Angeles. She is the Head of the Art Department at Crossroads Elementary School in Santa Monica. Susan was born in a small town by the ocean in Massachusetts, right next to Salem, the “witch city.” She studied at the New York...

The ephemeral nature of particular lives set into the ground and framework of landscape has been a primary interest and theme of my drawings, constructions and installations. I take images and materials at face value and for their symbolic value. Drawing is my way of...

“Love Is A Forever Dance” 2017, Mural. My work is about embracing all aspects of humanity and nature with wild humor. Within our current sociopolitical climate of what many call a “divided nation”, I’m committed to demonstrating playful compassion by revealing the...