Unintended Consequences

James Gallery presents:

Unintended Consequences

New Paintings by Susan Palmisano

James Gallery hosts the Opening Reception on Thursday, October 15th, 2026, from 5pm-8pm.

413 South Main Street, West End Village, Pittsburgh, PA 15220

The exhibition will continue through November 25th, 2026.

 
"Who are we, and what does it mean to be human? I return to these enduring questions not in search of fixed answers, but as openings—thresholds into the shifting terrain of experience. My work dwells in the subtle, ever-changing currents that shape our understanding of the universe, and our place within it.

Through the language of abstraction, I seek a liminal space where opposites meet and dissolve—where boundaries soften, and difference becomes a site of exchange. Guided by Buddhist philosophy, I approach the human condition as something fluid and interwoven: a field of impermanence, interdependence, and continual renewal.

My painting practice unfolds through layers and erasures, where presence is never absolute and nothing remains still. Forms emerge and recede, gathering and dispersing in quiet transformation. Solid structures give way to translucent atmospheres; edges blur, drift, and return in altered states. In this constant unfolding, the work invites a way of seeing attuned to flux—a woven field of mutable human experience." - Susan Palmisano