ARTIST STATEMENT:
\nThe sculptures in relief that you see here most often combine line and fo rm. Brushed lines\, traditional high relief and full 3 dimensional form ar e combined together within the same artwork. Working this way allows me to create unsentimental compassionate depictions of people. Expanding a 2D i mage enhances the impact and makes the final result sensible from multiple points of view. Some areas are fully expanded into 3D while others are le ft flat so that surface brushwork can finish defining the image in that ar ea.
\nMore and more I use homeless people as models. It is important to me to sculpt them. I often find people in city parks\, paying them for their time to pose for me. Each of these figurative artworks bears a stro ng physical and/or psychological likeness to the person I&rsquo\;ve depict ed. After all\, each of us has spent a lifetime becoming who we are. \ ;
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My work was reviewed extensively in Sculpture Review Magaz
ine in 2014 and a copy is here on display for you to see. The magazine&rsq
uo\;s reviews mention that I am breaking new ground in the historically ri
ch genre of sculpture in relief. &ldquo\;Alec\, My Son&rdquo\; was shown i
n 2012 at NCECA&rsquo\;s Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics at
the 45th Assembly of the International Academy of Ceramics\, Santa Fe\, N
M. Upon seeing this sculpture Mark Del Vecchio\, author of the book Post M
odern Ceramics\, commented that he knows of no one currently creating fine
r ceramic work than mine in high relief. This sculpture earned the Proskau
er Prize for non traditional sculpture in 2016 at the National Sculpture S
ociety&rsquo\;s 83 Annual Competition in South Carolina. And a senior citi
zen volunteering at Ogden&rsquo\;s Golden Hours Center modeled for &ldquo\
;The Lunch Lady&rdquo\;\, a semifinalist in the Smithsonian Institution&rs
quo\;s Portrait Competition. I am honored that extraordinary sculptor\, Cr
istina Cordova\, is including some of my sculptures in her new to be relea
sed book &ldquo\;Mastering Sculpture - The Figure in Clay.&rdquo\;
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r pandemic has put a damper on art exhibitions and I am very thankful to t
he Salt Lake Library for presenting my work.
www.suzannestorer.com
ARTIST B IO:
\nSuzanne was raised in Corvallis\, Oregon by a former army nurse mother and a wood researcher father who loved trees and the old growth forests that still exist. After graduating from the California Col lege of the Arts she continued her studies in clay workshops most notably with ceramic sculptors Akio Takamori\, Sylvia Davis and Cristina Cordova a nd with drawing instructors Ralph Borge and Paul Davis.
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As i
t turned out teenage years playing tournament tennis helped prepare her fo
r her career as a sculptor. The importance of correctly perceiving perspec
tive and proportion\, body awareness\, continual practice to keep her eye/
hand skills sharp and perseverance \;all relate to both the worlds of
sport and sculpture. \;
Suzanne&rsquo\;s work gives us a
fresh contemporary perspective into our present human condition. Climate
change\, the covid pandemic and our country&rsquo\;s political morass all
play their part in her current work. She especially enjoys the collaborati
ve process of commissioned work and hopes that her art can further our com
passion for each other.