Hello! and thank you for stopping by ...
I am a full time artist living and working in New Hampshire since 1988. I have been influenced and inspired by my travels around the USA and Europe, the people I teach in my studio and my two wonderful children. I always wanted to work as an artist, long before going to art school, I guess it was fourth grade when I decided to do just that. The past few years I have been happily working along side my husband, Rainer, who makes each day just a little more wonderful than the one before.
my aesthetic:
everyday objects - urban gardens - rural spaces
nature: in all it's forms and birds
areas formed by then abandoned by man
energy from children and other busy beings
sense of internal home/ family - orientation of self in life
my approach:
creating artwork on a variety of surfaces – some quickly others over months or even years guides my finishing processes. the variety of line and lack of line develops my paintings. For me, to create art around a fleeting moment, reoccurring thought, memory, or event is the most accurate and immediate way to express my passion for visual expression. I enjoy working in drawing, printmaking, painting and some sculptural forms.
Susan Schwake 2007
you can buy my smaller art and trials at my etsy shop
you can buy my other work via galleries carrying the work - contact me for up to date information
see the news section for where I am exhibiting now.
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