MEDIUM: Painting, Mixed Media, and Photography

STUDIO LOCATION: 59 at 20 Vernon Street

WEBSITE: susansillsstudio.artspan.com

Instagram: @suesills.art

The complex nature of our visual world can be simplified by isolating the pure elements of form, color, texture and light. But our world is often confounded and enriched by our memories, relationships, and the images that touch us daily and fill the fleeting moments of our lives. My early work explored the intersection of these elements through painting...using house paint, photographs, wire and other materials…and ranged from somber to playful as the creative process unfolded.

Born and raised in Chicago, I have lived in the Boston area for many years. As a breast cancer survivor since 1997 my creative vision, that was once rooted in the physical environment, shifted towards the realm of the abstract. The architectural elements and images that were ingrained in my psyche resurfaced somewhere between the safe, structured environment of the world around us and the chaos of the textures within us all.