Susan Finsen
Artist Statement
I make marks. Big and little. Thick and this. Dark and light. Smooth, bumpy, square, round, curvy, and straight marks. I draw inspiration from nature -- people, places and things -- and then turn the image upside down and sideways. Sometimes I work directly from a model, landscape or still-life; at other times I conjure images from memory. I keep working on the surfaces, building layers, using color, line, shape and plane changes until the image feels mysterious, interesting and exciting.
I've been an artist for more than 30 years -- a potter, a printmaker, and now a painter. Whatever the medium, I am a mark-maker.
