STATEMENT
Recent Work
Various papers, mostly mulberry are torn into shaggy edged shapes. They are backed with cheese cloth softly overlapping the edges. When brushed with glue, they take on a lace like quality.
The surface of these shapes is enriched with thinly applied coats of plaster. Sometimes there are sprinklings of what might be found on the forest floor – seeds or crumbled dried thistle heads. Occasional splashings of black tea are the color.
These shapes are combined with others, either layered or roughly stitched together. Is this a suture or the connected leaves of a strange book? Perhaps the viewer might see landscape references – the undulations and foldings become ridges and valleys, or perhaps a place of shelter. Maybe. But either way the voice of the paper will be heard.
BIOGRAPHY
Susan MacQueen’s childhood was a blend of both suburban and rural. Weekends were spent on her Dad’s farm in Northeast Ohio, riding their ex-racehorse Dusty and working in the barn. At Windham College in Putney, Vermont, she found a home in the arts, particularly painting. She earned her BFA there with a minor in early childhood education.
Susan has had studios in Charleston, South Carolina, Soho in New York City, Cold Spring, New York and most recently in Hopewell, New Jersey at Highland Design Farm, where she maintains an active studio practice.
She has shown her work extensively both in the South and regionally. Her work is included in the State Collection of South Carolina, as well as the New Jersey State Museum. AT&T, the headquarters of NRG, Jacob’s Pillow, and the Tenacre Foundation. Susan is a mixed media, multidisciplinary artist whose preference is to move freely from one medium and subject to another as need/interest dictates. There are of course pivot points, often deeply personal, propelling these shifts. Within the body of her work is a diverse range of images all pointing to an artist with a restless and inquiring nature seeking to understand.
STATEMENT
Terrain Series
Various papers, mostly mulberry are torn into shaggy edged shapes. They are backed with cheese cloth softly overlapping the edges. When brushed with glue, they take on a lace like quality.
The surface of these shapes is enriched with thinly applied coats of plaster. Sometimes there are sprinklings of what might be found on the forest floor – seeds or crumbled dried thistle heads. Occasional splashings of black tea are the color.
These shapes are combined with others, either layered or roughly stitched together. Is this a suture or the connected leaves of a strange book? Perhaps the viewer might see landscape references – the undulations and foldings become ridges and valleys, or perhaps a place of shelter. Maybe. But either way the voice of the paper will be heard.
BIOGRAPHY
Susan MacQueen’s childhood was a blend of both suburban and rural. Weekends were spent on her Dad’s farm in Northeast Ohio, riding their ex-racehorse Dusty and working in the barn. At Windham College in Putney, Vermont, she found a home in the arts, particularly painting. She earned her BFA there with a minor in early childhood education.
Susan has had studios in Charleston, South Carolina, Soho in New York City, Cold Spring, New York and most recently in Hopewell, New Jersey at Highland Design Farm, where she maintains an active studio practice.
She has shown her work extensively both in the South and regionally. Her work is included in the State Collection of South Carolina, as well as the New Jersey State Museum. AT&T, the headquarters of NRG, Jacob’s Pillow, and the Tenacre Foundation. Susan is a mixed media, multidisciplinary artist whose preference is to move freely from one medium and subject to another as need/interest dictates. There are of course pivot points, often deeply personal, propelling these shifts. Within the body of her work is a diverse range of images all pointing to an artist with a restless and inquiring nature seeking to understand.