Susan Martin SparPainter, Port Angeles
website: susanmartinspar.com "Light is important to my work .... Light invokes mood. Light can surface memories and feelings which tell us about ourselves and the world around us. Light brings mystery and enchantment to life."
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Tree of Life
The Dance
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Mists of Avalon
Of Wind and Fire
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Dancing in the Rain
Evening Blush
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Artist Statement
The work, for me, boils down to a strong drive to create what I have an emotional attachment to, and to strive to impart some of that emotion into my work so that the viewer can share it. However, my work isn’t about unrestrained emotion and expression. It’s about feeling that is focused and tempered by the knowledge and command of my materials and craft which in turn allows me to bring a vision to life on a canvas or paper. The subject is immaterial – it doesn’t matter because it’s the light that I’m painting. I’m a romantic by nature. Wildlife and landscapes enable me to express grander feelings and drama wile still life and the figure entertain my nature to look at things closely and fill me with wonder at the beauty of simple things which surround and sustain us in our everyday life.
Susan Spar is a classical realist who is inspired and entranced by the play of light across her subject and the feelings it invokes in her. Her art consists of landscapes, figures and detailed still life. These subjects all serve as vehicles to carry the light and share her emotional response to it.
Equally proficient in both oils and pastels, she has won numerous awards for her work at juried competitions.
Susan received her early training from The Fashion Institute of Technology before moving to Southern California in the 1980s. After studying for a brief time at the Watts Atelier in Encinitas she moved to the Olympic Peninsula in 2004. In addition to studying with well-known artists and teachers such as David Leffel, David Gray and Michael Klein, Susan completed her classical training in a three-year intensive program of figure drawing and painting at Georgetown Atelier in Seattle in 2012.
Susan lives, paints and teaches in Port Angeles, WA. Her work can be viewed online at www.susanmartinspar.blogspot.com and in person at Gallery 9 in Port Townsend, WA. She is also represented by the River Gallery in Mt Vernon, WA.
The work, for me, boils down to a strong drive to create what I have an emotional attachment to, and to strive to impart some of that emotion into my work so that the viewer can share it. However, my work isn’t about unrestrained emotion and expression. It’s about feeling that is focused and tempered by the knowledge and command of my materials and craft which in turn allows me to bring a vision to life on a canvas or paper. The subject is immaterial – it doesn’t matter because it’s the light that I’m painting. I’m a romantic by nature. Wildlife and landscapes enable me to express grander feelings and drama wile still life and the figure entertain my nature to look at things closely and fill me with wonder at the beauty of simple things which surround and sustain us in our everyday life.
Susan Spar is a classical realist who is inspired and entranced by the play of light across her subject and the feelings it invokes in her. Her art consists of landscapes, figures and detailed still life. These subjects all serve as vehicles to carry the light and share her emotional response to it.
Equally proficient in both oils and pastels, she has won numerous awards for her work at juried competitions.
Susan received her early training from The Fashion Institute of Technology before moving to Southern California in the 1980s. After studying for a brief time at the Watts Atelier in Encinitas she moved to the Olympic Peninsula in 2004. In addition to studying with well-known artists and teachers such as David Leffel, David Gray and Michael Klein, Susan completed her classical training in a three-year intensive program of figure drawing and painting at Georgetown Atelier in Seattle in 2012.
Susan lives, paints and teaches in Port Angeles, WA. Her work can be viewed online at www.susanmartinspar.blogspot.com and in person at Gallery 9 in Port Townsend, WA. She is also represented by the River Gallery in Mt Vernon, WA.