Susan Santiago
Susan Santiago
Founder of Galeria San Francisco, was born and raised on the East coast where she spent her summer vacations wandering the sandy beaches of the New Jersey shore.
After graduating from high school she moved to Greenwich Village, New York and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from New York University.
A year later she moved to Woodstock, New York in order to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. While living in Woodstock, she taught school in Ulster County and attended the Art Students League, where she studied drawing and painting for a number of years. She left New York and moved to Venice, California where she enrolled in the Fine Arts Graduate Program at California State University, Los Angeles earning a MA in Fine Arts. Upon graduation she devoted herself to painting full time in studios in Venice and later downtown Los Angeles.
She eventually decided to forgo city living and moved to Topanga Canyon, where she met her husband Ral, an architect and nightclub owner. She lived in Topanga Canyon and in Box Canyon both located in in the Santa Monica Mountains, not far from the Pacific Ocean. She continued to paint and enjoy the rural scenery while teaching art for over 25 years in Los Angeles. Susan served as the Art Department Chairperson at Palisades Charter High School in Pacific Palisades, California, before she retired from teaching in June of 2011.
During summer vacations, she and her husband took many trips to Mexico and they eventually fell in love with San Miguel de Allende. Her husband designed their current home with a large art studio and they moved there permanently in July of 2011. San Miguel, a well-known artist´s colony and UNESCO World Heritage site, along with the people and culture of Mexico continues to inspire Susan´s current body of work. She now devotes herself full time to her painting. Susan has exhibited in galleries on both the East and West coasts and was represented by Orlando Gallery in Los Angeles for over 28 years, and by Magenta Gallery, in San Miguel de Allende for 2 years.
After graduating from high school she moved to Greenwich Village, New York and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from New York University.
A year later she moved to Woodstock, New York in order to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. While living in Woodstock, she taught school in Ulster County and attended the Art Students League, where she studied drawing and painting for a number of years. She left New York and moved to Venice, California where she enrolled in the Fine Arts Graduate Program at California State University, Los Angeles earning a MA in Fine Arts. Upon graduation she devoted herself to painting full time in studios in Venice and later downtown Los Angeles.
She eventually decided to forgo city living and moved to Topanga Canyon, where she met her husband Ral, an architect and nightclub owner. She lived in Topanga Canyon and in Box Canyon both located in in the Santa Monica Mountains, not far from the Pacific Ocean. She continued to paint and enjoy the rural scenery while teaching art for over 25 years in Los Angeles. Susan served as the Art Department Chairperson at Palisades Charter High School in Pacific Palisades, California, before she retired from teaching in June of 2011.
During summer vacations, she and her husband took many trips to Mexico and they eventually fell in love with San Miguel de Allende. Her husband designed their current home with a large art studio and they moved there permanently in July of 2011. San Miguel, a well-known artist´s colony and UNESCO World Heritage site, along with the people and culture of Mexico continues to inspire Susan´s current body of work. She now devotes herself full time to her painting. Susan has exhibited in galleries on both the East and West coasts and was represented by Orlando Gallery in Los Angeles for over 28 years, and by Magenta Gallery, in San Miguel de Allende for 2 years.
Mariposas en El Cielo
Acrylic, Collage, Lace on Wood Panel
27 x 33 inches framed
$1600 USD or pesos equivalen
Estoy Esperando Para Ti #2
Acrylic, Collage, Lace on Wood Panel
27 x 33 inches framed
$1600 USD or pesos equivalent
Mujer con Flor Blanco
Acrylic ,lace, and mixed media
27 x33 inches framed
$1600 USD or Peso Equivalent
Arbol de Vida #2
Acrylic on Wood Panel
27 x 27 inches framed
$1200 USD or peso Equivalent
"Afternoon With Matisse"
Acrylic on Wood Panel
39 inches x 39 inches- Framed
$1200 USD or Peso Equivalent
Nanna's Room
Acrylic on Wood Panel
27 x 33 inches framed
$925 USD or Peso Equivalent
Mercado en Patzcuaro
Acrylic on Canvas
43.5 x 33” framed
$2500 USD
Niña Vendiendo Bufandas
22 x 26”
Acrylic on Wood panel
$650 USD
Madre con Nina en El Mercado
19.5 x 23.5” framed
Acrylic on Wood Panel
$500 USD
Caminando al Mercado
Acrylic on Wood Panel
39 x 39” framed
$2200 USD
Garden Goddess
Acrylic on Wood Panel
27 x 33” framed
$975 USD
Sharon’s Garden
Acrylic on Wood Panel
37 x 33” framed
$975 USD
Garden Goddess #3
Acrylic on Wood Panel
27 x 27” framed
$950 USD
Guardiana del Jardin de Cactus
Acrylic on Wood Panel
27 x 33” framed
$975 USD
El Pequeno Vaquero
Acrylic on Wood Panel
20 x 22” framed
$750 USD
El Gato en El Sombrero
Acrylic on Wood Panel
27x 22” framed
$975 USD
Sonando con El Charco
Acrylic on Canvas
33 x43” framed
$1800 USD
El Viejo de Patzcuaro
Acrylic on Canvas
33 x 43” framed
$2200
El Mariachi Joven
Acrylic on Wood Panel
17 x 17”framed
$475 USD
La Chica Con Alctraces
Acrylic on Wood Panel
39 x 39” framed
$2600 USD
Lista para El Desfile de Independencia Mexicana
Acrylic on Wood Panel
22 x 26” framed
$750 USD
La Mujer con La Paloma y Arbol de Vida
Acrylic, lace, mixed media on Wood Panel
33 x 43” framed
$1500 USD
Arbol de Vida en Azul
Acrylic, lace, and mixed on Wood Panel
27 x 27” framed
$1200 USD
La Mujer Azul Con Alcatraces
Acrylic, lace, and Mixed media on Wood Panel
33 x 43”framed
$1500 USD
Los Ninos en El Desfile del Dia de Los Muertos
Acrylic on Wood Panel
39 x 39” framed
$1800 USD
Arbol de Vida #2
Acrylic, lace, and mixed media on Wood Panel
27x 27” framed
$1200 USD
Arbol de Vida #2
Acrylic, lace, and mixed media on Wood Panel
27 x 27” framed
$1200 USD
Flores Rojas
Acrylic, lace, and mixed media on Wood Panel
23.5" x 19.5"
$ 725 USD or peso equivalent
Sonando
Acrylic, mixed media wood panel
21" x 21"
$ 725 USD or Peso Equivalent
La Adivina
Acrylic, collage, mixed media
33" x 44"
$ 1600 USD or Peso Equivalent
El Anillo de Perla
Acrylic,mixed media
Panel 27" x 34"
$ 1200 USD or peso equivalent
Mujer con Un Nido de Pajaros
Acrylic,mixed media, wood panel
27" x27"
$ 725 USD or Peso Equivalent
Mujer con Palomas
Acrylic, mixed media
33" x 27"
$ 1250 USD or Peso Equivalent
