Florida Artists Group

Susanna's Bio:

Artist Statement:


I choose to work on a life-size scale when creating my figurative work because of the visual impact it has when standing in front of it.  I often find myself doing a double take when walking by one of these pieces because it feels like there is another person in the room. 

The pure pigment in the pastels saturates the surface with color and gives the piece a warm velvety quality which, to me, is very feminine, and is why the majority of my subjects are female.  I usually depict her
tied down, sometimes literally, burdened with a conflict.  I try to capture the moment when she realizes she is in danger and is about to react.

"Murder Mystery" is a series about a woman who becomes engrossed in her novel, and mentally "becomes" the main character.

Education:

1994 
B.A. Art History
Metropolitan State College of Denver, Colorado

1990-91  
Art History Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder

1987  
Associate Degree of Applied Science Advertising and Graphic Design, Colorado Institute of Art, Denver


Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2012     Let Go, Jacksonville International Airport & Jacksonville Airport Arts Commission, FL
2011     Light Matters, Museum of Contemporary Art Lab Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
2010     Weatherscapes, Butterfield Garage Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2009     Glow, Butterfield Garage Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2006     Mixed Media, Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL          
2005     54 Pieces to Talk About, Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL - Solo Exhibition
2003     Chrysalis, Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
1997      January 5th, West Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO
1997      Birds, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, CO
1996      Passages, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, CO

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012     Dimensional Shifts, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
2011     Artist’s By The Sea Invitational Studio Tour, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
2010     Imagination Squared – A Creative Response Experiment, Museum of Contemporary Art,               Jacksonville, FL
2008     Contemporary Abstraction, Rachel Thompson Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2008     Art on Texas, Lubbock, TX
2007     On the Road - A Modern Interpretation of Everyday Landscape, Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
2003     Mahler, Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO 2003     Highland Gallery, Breckenridge, CO
2002     Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO             
2002     New York Art Expo, New York, NY
2001     New York Art Expo, New York, NY
2000     New York Art Expo, New York, NY
1998     Colorado Open, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
1997      Colorado Open, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
1996     Boulder Arts Festival, Boulder, CO
1995     William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO

Publications:

2012   Westword Magazine, Denver CO Review
           Havu Gallery Gets Whimsical with Dimensional Shifts July 3, 2012
2009   "2009 Compass Favorites-Autumn Art walk Aglow”
           Awarded Staff Favorite Best Fall Show for “Glow” Exhibition
           Compass Arts spotlight-Article, St. Augustine Record
           Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 12/05/09
           "Modern Art Meets The Oldest City”
           Compass Arts spotlight-Article, St. Augustine Record
            Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 11/05/09
2006  "Compass" Arts spotlight- Article, St. Augustine Record
             Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 3/24/06
2005  "Art Perspectives", Airbus North Florida's Arts and Business Magazine,
            Jacksonville, FL, March/April 2005 2005   "Compass" Arts spotlight-
           cover page, St. Augustine Record Newspaper, St. Augustine, FL 3/4/05                                      

Collections:

Merrill Lynch
Pfizer Pharmaceutical
Flagler Hospital Center for Caring Community Hospice
SAFT Battery Corporation
Cisco Systems