A bit of a chameleon, Susanne has explored many types of media in order to keep her artistic juices flowing.
Born and raised in Queens, New York she benefited from an artistic family back ground . Her father was a pastry chef who made the most elegant creations and taught at the Culinary institute in NYC. Her uncles were either craftsmen, painters or musicians. Her sister was a pastel painter.
After high school Susanne studied fine art at SUNY at Buffalo and New Paltz . As a lark she applied for Flight Attendant training intending to fly for a few years . Her love of travel and the opportunity to see the world sidetracked her art education. What was going to be just a few years turned into almost 40 ! During that time she collected memorabilia that lead to artistic pursuits in jewelry and glass bead making. It was not until her retirement in 2010 that she began to explore painting, mosaics and sculpture, taking numerous classes all over the US and abroad.
Susanne has resided in Florida, Colorado, Maryland and finally settled in Virginia in 2003. During the last 7 years she has devoted most of her creative energy to painting . She is primarily an acrylic painter but also incorporates collage and various mixed media. Susanne generally does not use a reference photo for her paintings but chooses to apply paint, texture and collage to her substrates until she intuitively brings forth her subject. Most often she is inspired by nature, her garden, a walk in the woods or one of her four cats. The cats especially, take on a whimsical attitude and inevitably there is a story that unfolds. Many of her paintings have a dream like quality that triggers the viewers imagination, particularly in her face and figurative work.Through the whimsical use of bold and bright color she hopes to take you on a journey that will pique the imagination.
Currently she is focusing on abstract expressionism and using her love of color, light and movement to propel her work.
The most recent display of her work was in June,July 2024 at the Fredericksburg Community Center for the Arts in Fredericksburg, VA for a juried show titled Focus on Color.
Susanne has sold her work all over the US, Canada and Europe via various social media platforms.Currently she lives in Goldvein, VA with her husband and 4 cats.
You can find her work on her website https://susannelane.com
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