The Lost Cave Paintings of Saint Paul | Susan Gainen

• Three Cave Frogs

  Watercolor on Tinted Gesso, Paper, 16 x 14. The Three Cave Frogs live in a cave on a cliff above the Mississippi River. Like most of their painted cave friends and relations, they are concerned about climate change and…

• Cape Buffalo and Tiny Red Bird

  Watercolor on Tinted Gesso, Paper, 11 x 14. The Cape Buffalo and Tiny Red Bird appeared in my very first cave painting. I was inspired by a photograph made by a friend who had traveled in Africa. In the spirit of all of…

• 2 Cave Fish From Alaska

  Watercolor on Tinted Gesso, Paper, 10 x 25. I traveled to Alaska in 2003 for work, and oddly, my trip coincided with the Iditerod. That year there was no snow in Anchorage, so the official start of the race was moved to…

• Grand Cave Penguin

  Watercolor on Tinted Gesso, Paper, 30 x 24. I was the most surprised artist on my block when a waddle of penguins showed up in my studio in mid-2012. ("Waddle" is the correct collective noun for a group of penguins on l…

• The Grand Cave Toucan

  Watercolor on Tinted Gesso, Paper. The Grand Cave Toucan is the SpokesBird for the creatures from the Lost Caves of Saint Paul. It is he who introduced me to his pals, who set up the protocol for painting them, and who,…

• Five Cave Parrots

  Watercolor on Tinted Gesso, Primed Aluminum, 12 x 36. The Five Cave Parrots had a bit of a difficult time when they first appeared on this gesso-covered primed aluminum panel. Each had been very used to the limelight; n…