 Hello my name is Susie Hawkins, I am a Painter and Sculptor. I paint mostly in Acrylics, but I use oils and other mediums too.
My sculptures are all made from 99% recycled materials. The 1% is the paint and glue that I buy. All made from household rubbish we would normally throw away. For example, plastic, cardboard, paper and tin cans. My aim is to show how you can recycle your waste in an interesting and creative way which is not only fun, but good for the environment too.
I use Paper pulp to create my Gargoyle creations. Wacky and fun, these darlings have been very
popular over the past 15 years and seem to develop there own personalities as they are being created. They all have their own names.
But painting is my passion. I can totally immerse myself in my own world and create where I want to be, away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Predominantly a landscape artist for the past 14 years, I work from palette to canvas using no sketches and create straight from the mind. I love to paint to music and my daughters say they can tell what I was listening too by my paintings. The thing is they are rarely wrong! Most of my friends think I am off with the fairies when I am working and they are probably right! My girls have learned that the best way to get a raise in their allowance, is to wait until mum is working. Clever lot!
My Sculptures and Paintings have been exhibited in various galleries and shows across the country and many of my Sculptures can be found in different public locations around Bristol.
An interest in my work has been shown abroad as far as Holland, New Zealand and Nigeria. I have also been running a summer workshop for the local children in my area for the past four years, which has been very successful and advanced bookings have to be made each year to allow for placement. Here they get first hand experience of making pulp, sculpting, mirror and picture frame making, model building and of course painting.
I have had no official training, although both my parents were Artists and I spent a lot of my time as a child with a paintbrush in my hand. My mum was a landscape painter and also used to paint beautiful portraits. My Dad on the other hand was superb at Architecture and perspective. So between they both I gained the best of both worlds.
I did not really develop my own style however until my mid 30's, when I discovered my love of painting in Monochrome. Here I found I could develop my own techniques and ideas. I love working with a limited palette, I can imagine the colours and find it so relaxing. I have also found that it has allowed me to focus on light and shade over the years, which has helped me in creating several series of painting developing my technique more. For my coloured works I use the same technique and have since, started to paint a few seascapes which are in total contrast to my other work. Here I tend to work with lots of colour. This can sometimes be a welcome break from my
loved Black and White.... But never for to long.
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Size: 24.00" x 24.00"
Price: £265.00
