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Artist's Bio

Art is my first language. I remember observing the colors in a sunset before learning how to read. This passion for color and observation led me to become an artist with a penchant for fresh air and intrigue in the mystery of nature.

Growing up in the sheltered Pennsylvania forest with daily images of moss underfoot and leaf filtered sky left space for plenty of dreaming and solitary time in nature. This deep connection to the aesthetic of the natural environment informs my artwork. Themes of lens, space and time occur in all of my media. Exploration in surface and layer is repeated in my work. At times my art is realistic and graphic in nature, and others it becomes very tactile and uses the medium to fully explore a texture. Each day I unfold new work in my home studio.

Art comes from an ephemeral experience. A fleeting moment can inspire a passionate fluidity in line and color. It can also be gained through knowing about your environment and the history that occurred over time in ones places of inspiration.

As an artist that wants to preserve the western landscape, I recall the forms of earth I visit, reviving them with clay and paint. At times I will mix basalt from local cliffs into my ceramics and reform the earth in my kiln. I am led to define my vibrant composition by the draining of snowmelt in the hills and the way it carves the land while journeying to the river. Dark recesses occurring naturally in rock and earth are my shades, while the colors at the close of each day, which are most saturated, define my palette.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Boise Weekly Cover Auction


All of the Artwork on the Boise Weekly is donated by the artist. Each year the weekly has an art auction to sell all of the art (there are a lot of weeks in a year!) and this years is November 12, 2008 at the Idaho State Historical Museum. Doors open at 5pm and the Live auction is at 6pm.

I have a piece and it is a painting of the Black cliffs in the foothills. It may be and opportunity to get a piece of my work for a low price!! Hope you find a beauty to bid on!

2 comments:

Woodman said...

Suzanne and Fans of Suzanne,
I own the "Black Cliffs Canyon" painting from the Boise Weekly cover, but I have it for sale on eBay due to some financial stress. Love the painting but I must part with it. If you know anyone that would be interested in purchasing it from me, please let me know. Here is the ad on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Black-Cliffs-Canyon---Boise-Idaho-Foothills---NR_W0QQitemZ330299612789QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090109?IMSfp=TL090109118004r2619

Thanks, Craig
craigwood@yahoo.com

Woodman said...

Here is the revised link to the eBay sale of "Black Cliffs Canyon"

http://cgi.ebay.com/Black-Cliffs-Canyon-Suzanne-Lee-Chetwood-10x10-NR_W0QQitemZ330299612789QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Paintings?hash=item330299612789&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50