I returned to painting 4 years ago and work in oil, mainly on wooden board. My practise starts with small story-board sketches, these are influenced by how I see the everyday. Working out the composition and pallet before setting up the still life, just as a food stylist, photographer, producer and client would arrange a shoot. Selecting objects from my kitchen and selection of props in the studio and around my home or seeking out produce and recipes that inspire me. This enables me to create not just from life but also from memory, using my perspective and not just what I see in front of me.
My inspiration comes from simple objects, the colours, textures and marks revealing their past and present, especially those with a haptic quality. I combine these with the colours of the ear changing landscape and ocean that surround me where I live or venture to on travels.
It is a constant struggle to break free from objective work which is so engrained in me from art school and years working in photography. The most simple things are the most difficult, having learned and followed the rules, to now give myself permission to express how I see my subject, my personal view. Inspired by many artists but my favourites I look to on repeat are mainly Matisse, Lartuigue, Adams, and Penn.
Suzanne is a semi abstract painter, living and working on the North Coast of Cornwall. After studying an art at Newport college of Fine Art, she went on to study advertising editorial and advertising film and photography.
Suzanne then moved to London to work in advertising and editorial photography as a producer, producing shoots for magazines, books and advertising then moving to working in commercials.
During this time she also studied fine art, still life at ST Martins School Of Art in the evenings.
