Northrup King Building, Minneapolis "Art Awhirl"
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Albert Einstein once wrote: "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." So the unknown, the mysterious, is where art and science meet. Art and science meet for me, when I am creating with oil and wax. This is the technique that has ignited my creative spark. Each painting is a scientific experiment of color, composition, tone and process. I start out with a hypothesis of where I am going but I lose myself along the way and I enter into a creative zone. The imagination and emotion take over and the painting emerges. The paintings draw me in. I want to see what lies beneath. I need to get close—as if microscopic. While painting, I build up layers of paint and then uncover. I dig down —layer by layer. I discover, I experiment, I create. My science background and love of nature are woven throughout my paintings. Nature and the microscopic, the up close and personal, the study of objects both inanimate and animate strongly influences my work. Each piece of art took me on a journey in its creation and will hopefully take the viewer on their own journey as they view and experience the painting. Susan L. Nagle University of Wisconsin EC BS University of Wisconsin Madison BS University of Notre Dame MSA Shows/Representation: WHAM West Gallery, AZ Interpretations V *Best of Show Art on the Plaza. Juried Gallery of Artists MacNider Museum, Iowa Crafts 44 *Best of Category Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe Global Warming is Real * Piece selected for permanent museum collection Northrup King Building, Art Awhirl MacNider Museum, Iowa Crafts Juried show Clear Lake Arts Center, A Review of Blue MacNider Museum, Area Show 45 Juried show Pearson Lakes Art Center, Day of the Dead Art Show Pearson Lakes Art Center, Celebrate the Arts NIACC, Solo Show, Layers of Connectivity Instructors: James Scherbarth: www. jamesedwardscherbarth.artspan.com Rebecca Crowell: www.rebeccacrowell.com Pamela Caughey: www.pamelacaughey.com |
The Clear Lake Arts Center "A Review of Blue" Exhibit |
The MacNider Museum @ Iowa Crafts Juried Show Best in Catagory |
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The MacNider Museum @ Area Show 45 2016 juried show |
Oil and cold wax is a captivating process and a messy one. Creativity is not always hand in hand with neatness. I loved to finger paint as a child and my inner child has found many chances for self expression with oil and cold wax. |
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