Sue Smith

 

I have been drawing since the age of four, although it was then mostly Popeye and Mickey Mouse.

 

During my early twenties I began to sell extremely individual and colourful paintings, mostly executed in inks, but also including some striking pencil portraits. I exhibited widely during this time and became a sought-after artist in the burgeoning fantasy field, with my work appearing in several magazines and running art exhibitions at the big Science Fiction Conventions.

 

For a considerable time my painting took a back seat as I brought up two children.; however even then I began to specialise in children’s portraits and had many commissions.

 

2004 saw a new and late flourish,  producing very different pictures of buildings and rocks in the landscape, which then evolved into complex and intricate paintings of trees, water and the natural world. The emphasis was on the contrast between textures, colour and light with the paintings executed in a variety of media, including acrylics, pen and ink and pastel. I have begun exhibiting again and have gained some new fans. In 2007 I was runner-up in The Artist magazine annual art competition and in 2008 exhibited in the Three Counties Open at Keele University.

 

While producing an impressive body of work, which can be viewed in my on-line gallery www.suepics.co.uk I also work full-time as a Probation Officer. What spare time left is spent with my partner, a musician, web-site designer and Tai Chi teacher, looking after the 2 cats and practising Tai Chi, of which I have been a student for 17 years.

                                       AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY SUE SMITH

 

                                                 together with

 

                              Both ends of infinity: an installation by Jane Pembridge

 

                                    Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th October 2010

 

                                 at 29, Dalelands Estate, Market Drayton, TF9 1BA

                                 01630 652377- sue@suepics.co.uk

 

Friday 22nd 7:00 - 10:30 pm private viewing with wine, music and nibbles

Saturday 23rd 12:00 – 6:30

Sunday 24th 11:30 – 6:00

 

 

 

Look forward to seeing you sometime over the weekend. Please pass the word to anyone you feel would be interested.

 

View Sue’s on-line gallery

 www.suepics.co.uk

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