As a child I lived in the Pastoral Regions of the Gawler Ranges. As station life meant creating my own entertainment, I spent much of my time doing what I loved most - drawing. At the beginning of my high school years I moved to Quorn in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia to live with my grandparents. Even though I had visited my grandparents in the past, this was the beginning of a new era, where I would remain living in the Flinders Ranges. I spent one year with my grandparents before moving with my family to Black Rock and eventually Orroroo.
I stayed at Orroroo until I married in 1976, moving onto my husband's family farming property near Booleroo Centre. We still live there to this day. We have three children who are in the workforce. Life was pretty busy on the farm, bringing up a family and the ensuing commitments. It wasn't until 1992 that I seriously considered taking up painting.
Through workshops with numerous artists, books, videos and a very patient art teacher who spent months showing me how to mix any colour that I desired, my own style evolved so that viewers who knew my work recognised it as mine.While I usually paint landscape pictures in oils, I do like to paint with pastels and watercolours. I have also painted still life, which I enjoy immensely. I also paint mostly from photographs and prefer that it is my own or that I know the area well. I will only paint from a photograph of someone else's if they have taken it themselves and wish me to interpret it on canvas.
Whether I'm painting from life, a photograph or a mental image, my paintings do have realistic qualities. While I admire the freshness that other styles of art offer, I will always be drawn to the challenge that realism offers. For me as an artist, learning will never stop. My style will continue to evolve because of the urge to try out new ideas.
The Flinders Ranges would have to be one of my favourite places to paint. The diversity of colour from one season to another is inspiring. There are a huge variety of scenes on offer, from flat plains to rugged mountains. Not forgetting all those wonderfully-aged Australian eucalyptus trees. One does not have to be an artist to enjoy the Flinders Ranges but when you are, the motivation to paint is exciting!
As to my future as an artist, there will always be a scene to paint and something new to learn. I would like to spend more time with my fellow artists as a member with the Painters of the Flinders Ranges. There will be a wealth of knowledge to learn from each other. It can only improve me as an artist.
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I stayed at Orroroo until I married in 1976, moving onto my husband's family farming property near Booleroo Centre. We still live there to this day. We have three children who are in the workforce. Life was pretty busy on the farm, bringing up a family and the ensuing commitments. It wasn't until 1992 that I seriously considered taking up painting.
Through workshops with numerous artists, books, videos and a very patient art teacher who spent months showing me how to mix any colour that I desired, my own style evolved so that viewers who knew my work recognised it as mine.While I usually paint landscape pictures in oils, I do like to paint with pastels and watercolours. I have also painted still life, which I enjoy immensely. I also paint mostly from photographs and prefer that it is my own or that I know the area well. I will only paint from a photograph of someone else's if they have taken it themselves and wish me to interpret it on canvas.
Whether I'm painting from life, a photograph or a mental image, my paintings do have realistic qualities. While I admire the freshness that other styles of art offer, I will always be drawn to the challenge that realism offers. For me as an artist, learning will never stop. My style will continue to evolve because of the urge to try out new ideas.
The Flinders Ranges would have to be one of my favourite places to paint. The diversity of colour from one season to another is inspiring. There are a huge variety of scenes on offer, from flat plains to rugged mountains. Not forgetting all those wonderfully-aged Australian eucalyptus trees. One does not have to be an artist to enjoy the Flinders Ranges but when you are, the motivation to paint is exciting!
As to my future as an artist, there will always be a scene to paint and something new to learn. I would like to spend more time with my fellow artists as a member with the Painters of the Flinders Ranges. There will be a wealth of knowledge to learn from each other. It can only improve me as an artist.
Susan's Blog
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