I am very pleased to be included in the Crystal City "Art Walls" project.  Fourteen panels of my work have been mounted on the façade of the Sheraton Hotel on Route 1.

Created by the Crystal City Business Improvement District, the purpose of Art Walls is "to change how people see, perceive, and experience the area "and to "infuse color and character into the textures and surfaces of Crystal City."

My installation is entitled "Circles and Rings" and consists of two rows of seven images.  The panels, 5' by 10', printed on "alumalite", are visible from the sidewalk, road, and surrounding buildings. 

The photographs below were taken by Joseph Petty of the Crystal City Business Improvement District; the road in front is Route 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) between where Route 1 crosses over 18th Street and the the 23rd street intersection. The Sheraton is on the west side of Route 1, and what one sees is the back of the building; the entrance is on a parallel street further west - S. Eads.

Here is the information about the installation as it appears on the Crystal City Art Walls website:

Susan Finsen makes marks. Big and little. Thick and thin. Dark and light. Smooth, bumpy, square, round, curvy, and straight. Drawing inspiration from everyday things and childhood memories, Finsen builds layers on her paintings, turning them upside down and sideways during the creative process and using color, line, shape, and plane changes until the painting achieves interest and excitement. The "Circles and Rings" collection includes details from paintings completed by Finsen between 2008 and 2009. These "paintings within paintings" embody the spirit, playfulness, and energy of the original whole pieces.

This Art Wall consists of the following Susan Finsen works:

Top Row, left to right:
Orange and Blue Study # 1 (detail) © 2008
Tiddlywinks (left side of diptych) (detail) © 2009
Lost and Found (detail) © 2009
Escapade (right side of diptych) (detail) © 2009
Grid 9/10 (right side of diptych) (detail) © 2009
Croquet 1 (detail) © 2009
Orange and Blue Study # 2 (detail) © 2008

Bottom Row, left to right:
Yellow Circles 2 (detail) © 2008
Tiddlywinks (right side of diptych) (detail) © 2008
Circus Train 6 (detail) © 2008
Escapade (left side of diptych) (detail) © 2009
Ribbons (detail) © 2008
Croquet 2 (detail) © 2009
Yellow Circles 3 (detail) © 2008