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About the Artist |
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SUSAN K. BOYLE |
| ARTIST'S STATEMENT My art education emphasized drawing, painting, and printmaking. I graduated from Arizona State University and began my career as a commercial artist working for several years in the Midwest and then in New York City. I wanted to be able to manage the world, and traveling seemed to be the best way to do that. I joined an international airline and traveled extensively. Becoming increasingly interested in knowing what motivates people, I pursued a career in human resources. Throughout the pressures and demands of my professional and family life, I never stopped learning about art and about the nature of people, friends, and loved ones. I wanted to paint them all but I could not devote the time. Now I focus almost entirely on drawing and painting images of people. Drawing from life, having a model in the studio, is my preferred way of working. My models are ordinary people, neighbors and friends, whose inner lives are often revealed in their gesture, expression, or demeanor. I strive to create compelling images that are fresh, honest, and immediate. My art exposes my perception of people and the world which balances humor with humanity. The medium I currently prefer is ink sometimes in combination with other media, such as, caran d'ache, conté crayon, or collage.
BIOGRAPHY Susan K. Boyle was born in Albany, NY and raised in Arizona. She grew up surrounded by orange groves in suburban Phoenix. Always interested in art, Susan took classes from a young age. She majored in art at Arizona State with a special interest in drawing and printmaking. Recruited during her senior year by Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri, upon graduation Susan began her career as a commercial artist at Hallmark. There she met other young artists, some recruited from art schools on the East Coast. They touted New York City as THE mecca for artists. Ever adventurous, it wasn't long before Susan was living in NYC. She found work there that allowed her to pursue her art career and travel extensively. During her years in NYC, Susan's travels allowed her to study the masters in most of the major museums of the world as well as the work of modern day masters in galleries. Her favorite museums are the Vatican Museum in Rome, the Hermitage in Leningrad, and the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. These years of art exploration and self study have given her a well rounded appreciation of art. Susan continued to take art classes at every opportunity, through subsequent moves from New York to Los Angeles, to Georgia, and to Texas. While in Texas she took graduate level classes at Texas Womans University in Denton. The experience of being with serious, intensely dedicated artists was invaluable. After several years in Texas, Susan relocated to Arizona. Now living in the high desert of Sierra Vista, with her husband, Susan continues to find new inspiration for her art and life. Of her art, Susan says "I especially like the spare look of line drawings and of ink on paper. In order to make my ink drawings more expressive, I often apply the ink with a stick, brush, or with any other tool that might be within reach. As a result these drawings have a lively energy and freshness about them. They are honest and immediate, at times humorous, and always expressive." |
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RESUME
Art Education:
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, BFA The Kansas City Art Institute, Illustration The Art Students League, New York City, Life Drawing Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, Life Drawing, Painting, Printmaking
Workshops:
2006 Jean Chambers, Oil Painting, Huachuca Art Association, Hereford, AZ 2004 Tom Black, Oil Painting, slide presentation and seminar on his oil painting techniques, Hereford, AZ 2004 Angus Bowie Wilson, Watercolor, Huachuca Art Association, Hereford, AZ 2003 Jean Chambers, Oil Painting, Studio 3, Hereford, AZ
Self Training:
Head Studies - January 2004 - Present, Huachuca Art Association, Hereford, AZ Action Drawing - Ballet Studio, January - May, 2004, Sierra Vista, AZ Plein Air Drawing - May 2004 - Present, Cochise County, AZ Life Drawing - September 2002 - Present, Huachuca Art Association, Hereford, AZ
Other Accomplishments:
Coordinate Life Drawing/Head Study groups, August 2003 - Present Publicity Chairman, Huachuca Art Association - Manage $7,000 annual ad budget
Exhibitions & Shows:
Group Shows 2006 Ceres Thirteenth Annual Friends Show, Ceres Gallery, NYC 2005 Empire Ranch Juried Art Show, Empire Ranch, Sonita, AZ 2005 Ceres Twelfth Annual Friends Show, Ceres Gallery, NYC 2004 International Juried Figure Exhibition, Red Dot Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 2004 Gateway National Juried Art Show, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM 2002 North Texas Area Art League, Denton, TX, 34th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Center for The Visual Arts, Denton, TX
Featured Artist:
2006 Fitness in Motion, July 2004 to present, Sierra Vista, AZ 2005 Bella Vista Water Company, Jan./Feb.; Sep./Oct., Sierra Vista, AZ 2005 Southwest Gas Corp, May & June, Sierra Vista, AZ 2004 Huachuca Art Association, Inc. Gallery, March 2004, Hereford, AZ 2004 Fidelity Title Corporation, January & February, Sierra Vista, AZ 2003 Southwest Gas Corporation, July & August, Sierra Vista, AZ 2002 Texas Woman's University, Student Center Gallery, Denton, AZ
Awards & Honors:
2005 Two Drawings published in MIRAGE, Cochise College Literary and Arts Magazine, Cochise County, AZ 2003 Judged Art Exhibition, Huachuca Art Assoc. Gallery, Cochise County, AZ Drawing award, Jurors: Al Kogel, Shirley Jarrett 2002 Texas and Neighbors Regional Exhibition, Irving Art Center, Irving, TX Drawing award, Juror, Rob Erdle
Collections:
Gene & Betty Adams, Sierra Vista, AZ Judi Bailey, Los Angeles Meg Barry, Dallas, TX Hector Ducci, Brooklyn, NY Pat Herrewig, Sierra Vista, AZ James Moss, Pittsburgh, PA Ginger Phillips, Hereford, AZ Ron & Pat Schaeffer, New York, NY Mary Settle, Salt Lake City, UT
Susan K. Boyle, Artist |