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The Vail Lifts |
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"Hart's Bluff" © 2006 |
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| Susan’s tapestries are narrative fantasy worlds and alternative history. She often explores the ideas of presence/absence and multiple meanings. Each piece with its evocative title, often a play on words, adds to an ongoing story. Images are created from personal travel photography, childhood memories of places visited and of the people who were or might have been on these “map dots”. The work has shifted from photo-realism to a large format abstract tapestries and quilts, which are both machine and hand embroidered. The combination of the artists various interests has allowed her to sketch using paper road maps, WWII cloth escape maps, vintage textiles and ephemera, script and drawing in a post card scaled collage.The weaving materials now include wool, raffia, eyelash yarns, finely cut fabric strips and hem tape. The storyline has broadened to include the client's personal history for commissions. |
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| Susan's work has been shown internationally for over 30 years. Venues include The Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver; Tiffany and Co, Beverly Hills; Collins Gallery, Glasgow; Thirteen Moons, Santa Fe; Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago; Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA; Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle. Cannon Gallery, Carlsbad, CA, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, and Santa Fe Weaving Gallery. . |
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Her work is widely published and has been chosen for several catalog covers and show announcements including: The Oceanside Museum, Galeria Mesa, Joanne Rapp Gallery & Gallery Eight. Magazine coverage includes San Diego Home & Garden, American Craft, International Tapestry Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, Designers West & Fiberarts. Hardbound books featuring her work include "Tapestry", Phaidon Press, UK; Big Ideas for Small Spaces, Rockport; Travel Wardrobe and Tapestry Weaving, Lark Books. |
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| Susan graduated from MiIls College and continued her education abroad. After a semester at California College of Arts and Crafts, she studied tapestry at the San Francisco Tapestry Workshop. Susan has given many slide lectures to groups and taught three semesters at UCSD Extension in their interior design program. She has maintained active studio production for 30 years. |
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Her work can be seen in various juried shows or at the studio by appointment.
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