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S A HUA RO RAN C H F O UN D A T IO N &
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Sue Averell
Painter
633 Post St. #136
San Francisco, CA 94109
Sue@sueaverell.com
Painting is more than just a creative
discipline, it is my vocation. Even as a child I
looked at the world with the eyes of an artist,
trying to figure out how to capture what I saw
onto paper. My style has evolved through the years, but it stands today as
a process of escaping the confines of optical reality and taking expressive
liberties to create in a manner that is relaxed and enjoyable.
The structural layout of the cityscape blends fanciful composites
in with my perceptions of urban life. The idea for such an arrangement
derives from dreams I have had since childhood of flying over imaginary
places laced with elements of real locations. These dreams not only serve
as a source of inspiration, but also allow me to visualize a painting in my
mind's eye before depicting it on canvas or paper. My intent is to capture
the sensation of fleeting movement, and is best described as emulating
the transient perceptions one experiences when driving in a car as the
landscape passes by the window.
I strive to communicate and evoke emotion by juxtaposing
diosyncratic choices of complimentary and dissonant colors, and adorning
the canvas with paint. splatters alluding to energy, freedom, and action.
Emotion is further expressed via uneven textures created through the
thick application of paint. These elements combined assist in achieving
my ultimate object which to optically draw the viewer into the city scene.
Equally valuable is providing my viewer with a composition that is
pregnant with intricate features and meaning so that they are encouraged
to come back time after time, seeing a different hidden detail each visit.
So as you look upon my canvases of saturated color fields,
strategic compositions, and evocative images, it is my hope that you will
be filled with the sensation of flying, freshly liberated into a sky of
unlimited, imaginative horizons.