Rainforest Fantasy No. 1 | 101 x 76 cms | Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on stretched canvas |Susan Skuse | Taking Flight – Crested pigeons | Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on canvas | 81 x 81 cms | $1200Susan Skuse | Room for one more – Rainbow bee-eaters | Aerosol and oil on stretched canvas | 46 x 46cms | $450Susan Skuse | Orange Bellied parrots | Aerosol and oil on stretched canvas | 46 x 46cms | $450Susan Skuse | Flight of the Heart | 105 x 105 cms | Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on stretched canvas | $1950Susan Skuse | Flower Power | Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on canvas | 81 x 81 cms | $1200Susan Skuse | Mulga Parrots | Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on canvas | 81 x 81 cms | $1200Susan Skuse | Strategy Meeting – White cheeked honey-eaters| Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on canvas | 81 x 81 cms | $1200Susan Skuse | Think Pink – Major Mitchell Cockatoos | 81 x 81 cms |Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on canvas | $1200Susan Skuse | White winged wrens | Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on canvas | 81 x 81 cms | $1200Susan Skuse |Cuzzy Bro – New Zealand Tui and Australian Spangled Drongo | Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on canvas | 81 x 81 cms | $1200Susan Skuse |Blue Bonnets | Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on canvas | 60 x 120 cms | $1200Susan Skuse | Black Cockatoos | Acrylic ink, aerosol and oil on stretched canvas | 60 x 120cms | $1200Susan Skuse |Pool Party No. 1 – Purple Swamp hens | Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on canvas | 76 x 76 cms | $950Susan Skuse |Emerald Pond | Acrylic ink, aerosol and oil on canvas | 98 x 116 cms | $900Susan Skuse |Blue Garden | Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on canvas | 76 x 102 cms | $1200Susan Skuse | Appearance and Illusion – Pied Stilts | Lithographic ink, aerosol and oil on stretched canvas | 100 x 129cms | $2450Susan Skuse | A Forest Conversation | Aerosol and oil on stretched canvas | 61 x 91 x 4 cms | $A1200
Susan first trained as an artist in the 1980’s and has more recently completed degrees in Fine Arts and Philosophy. Her current series of work brings together a diverse range of influences including Asian philosophy and traditional art, textile pattern, bird-watching and the phenomenology of perception. The works on show are part of her current series of paintings working with layers of colour and pattern combined with realistic depictions of Australian birds. Susan explains: “The work goes through four processes (at least) Firstly, I create an abstract colour background using vibrant lithographic inks with solvent to create fluid organic effects. Then I work with my ever growing library of custom made stencils – sometimes plant forms, sometimes abstract or classical patterns. When I am happy with the background I then set back and consider what bird subject it suggests to me. The final stage is to re-balance the work tonally so that the subjects sit happily with the background.
Sue Skuse investigates her environment through a series of magnificent detours from the traditional world of representational art, occasionally verging on the abstract. Her explorations dissect our knowledge of our visual world and highlight form, light and movement in novel and exciting ways. Her techniques are diverse, precise and exquisite, and her insightful perspectives stimulate and propel the viewer into a higher state of awareness. Her work is thought provoking, whether it is a study of water cascading, cloud formations, the experience of flight or the celebration of self.
Susan Skuse | Garden Party #4 – Cockatiels and New Holland honeyeater | Acrylic and oil on canvas | 60 x 90cmsSusan Skuse | Rising Up | Oil on wooden panel | 30 x 30 cms | $200Susan Skuse | Sing it loud – Olive backed sunbird | acrylic and oil on canvas | 60 x 60 cms | $550Susan Skuse | Scarlet becomes you – Scarlet honeyeaters | acrylic and oil on canvas | 50 x 50 cms | $550Susan Skuse | Satin Bower bird | Acrylic and oil on canvas | 60 x 60 cms | $550Susan Skuse | Feathery All-sorts #2 – Crested Shrike Tit | 30 x 30 cms | Acrylic and oil on coffered wood panel | $275Susan Skuse | Feathery All-sorts #3 – Azure Kingfisher | 30 x 30 cms | Acrylic and oil on coffered wood panel | $275Susan Skuse | A fine afternoon for fishing – Tasman Peninsula | oil on canvas | 75 x 150 cm |$1600Susan Skuse | Bee-eater aerobatics | acrylic and oil on canvas | 60 x 120cms | $700Susan Skuse | Above the Clouds | Oil on canvas | 39 x 80 cms | $250
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