Sue paints pictures of everyday folk. Taking a lighter look at life, capturing our warmth and humanity. The aim being that you\u2019ll recognise something in the image, like it’s a reflection of someone you know, or a type of person – evoking a sense of the familiar.<\/p>\n
The majority of her work is in oil, with just occasional forays into water-based media. In oils Sue starts by drawing with paint, the lines forming part of the finished piece. The same with water-based media, there is no initial drawing – rather Sue says she takes a deep breath and goes straight into the masses with a loaded brush. The focus being on the essence of the image, rather than the finer detail.<\/p>\n
All the candid moments captured are of people Sue has seen whilst in her happy place \u2013 out and about with sketchbook and camera in hand.<\/p>\n
Sue came to art later in life when an illness stopped her in her tracks \u2013 going to an Adult Ed Art Class was a way back to herself, and she was blessed with a brilliant mentor who helped her find her \u2018thing\u2019. Within two years she started exhibiting and selling.<\/p>\n
In recent years she has been a finalist in the Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize 2018 & 2019, the winner of Creates Magazine Emerging Artist Award 2019, and in 2021 was a finalist in the Surrey Artist of the Year Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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