May 30 – June 26, 2013
2nd Saturday Reception: June 8, 5 pm – 8 pm
Sue Siskin
"Shards of Shakespeare"
 "Shards of Shakespeare" |
 "Mask the World" |
 "A Maze" |
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I have painted for most of my life. I love color! Watercolor was my medium of choice. Quite by accident I learned about using acrylic washes in blocks of color over various and sometimes unusual materials to create collage. The process led me to change the way I had been working using watercolors in plein air settings.
Working with collage, I love the intrigue of not knowing where the paintbrush will take me. I begin to focus more on the color and shape moving into different abstract patterns. As the work begins to take on a life of its own, I like to think of the subtleties of adding various textures and I use many different methods to get the effects that seem to balance the work. The finished piece, I hope, will bring the viewer a chance to see how mysterious a collage can be. It is for me a process of adding or taking away. When the strength of the design takes shape and can stand on its own, I feel it is complete.
 "Antigone" |
 "Leap of Faith" |
 "A Satellite Falls" |
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Sue Siskin was taught by some of California's finest watercolorists and has lived and worked as an artist in Mendocino, California, for three decades. She also makes her home for part of the year in La Manzanilla, Mexico. Best known for her luminous, rich watercolors, she shows her true versatility in exciting layered collages and acrylic multimedia works.
Sue has taught at the Mendocino Art Center since 1990, including Painting No Judgment, Travel Sketching, Watercolors and Experimental Mixed Media Collage, which she will be teaching July 29 through August 1. She also teaches in Mexico and has led art tours in Central America and Bali.