Susan
Weaver paintings
are a delight with a rich
colouring that radiates and attracts the eye from any angle.
Susan Weaver paintings
exposed to light either reveal
her Universe of art, with shadows, structures and emotion
within.
With their richly saturated and
layered surfaces,
Weaver paintings are as much a
celebration of surface and colour, as is a metaphor for the
creative act itself.
Susan Weaver draws inspiration
and compositional cues from specific geographic locations, her
paintings are inspirational and rather loose transcriptions of
the landscape, night -lights on a horizon, for instance, or the
reflection of light across a moonlit sea, they serve more as
symbolic suggestions than descriptions. Her use of
geometric and compositional elements are part of her private
Universe and her motifs are open to a range of possible
interpretations.
To this viewer, Susan Weaver’s
characteristic use of intense colour, the layer and scraped
surfaces, repeated compositional elements and landscape subject,
explore the process of reflection and introspection that are at
the core of the creative journey.
Susan
Weavers
has developed a technique
which sets her apart from other artists and technicians – the
layering of the oil pastel or oil on canvas. The luminosity
achieved is both powerful and alluring, compelling the viewer to
look inside or into the depths of her paintings.
Education
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1981 – Sydney College of the Arts
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1988 – Bachelor of Arts Visual Arts.
Newcastle College of Advanced Education
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1990 – Diploma in
Education – Art. University of Newcastle
Selected Exhibitions
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1989 – Lake Macquarie City
Council
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1990 – Newcastle
Contemporary Gallery
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1991 – Newcastle
Contemporary Gallery
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1993 – Newcastle
Regional Gallery
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1994 – Holdsworth
Galleries – Sydney
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1994 – Cooks Hill
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1995 – Cooks Hill
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1995 – Holdsworth
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1996 – Cooks Hill
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1998 – Cooks Hill
Galleries
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1999 – Michael
Commerford Gallery
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2000 – Cooks Hill
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2001 – Cooks Hill
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2003 – Cooks Hill
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2004 – Cooks Hill
Galleries
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2006 - House of
Phillips Fine Art
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2007 – Cooks Hill
Galleries
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2008 – House of Phillips Fine Art
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2010 – Cooks Hill
Galleries
Commendations
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1989 –
Winner of Newcastle Mattara Art Prize
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1993 – Winner of
Regional Art Award. N.A.S.
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1995 – Winner of
Morriset Art Prize
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1997 – Winner of
BHP Art Prize
Collections
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Newcastle Region Art Gallery
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Lake Macquarie
Regional Gallery
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Newcastle
Permanent Building Society
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Hunter Medical
Research Institute
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Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Teaching
1988
– 2009 Professional
Exhibiting Artist
1989
– 2009 Casual
Teaching – Valentine, Charlestown, Jewells Public Schools
Morriset, Swansea, Whitebridge, Toronto High Schools
1998 – Mural Valentine Infants
1999 – 2000 Librarian Charlestown Primary
Mural Charlestown Square
Back drop for School Musical
2001 – Belmont Public School – Back drop for Musical “Trolls”
2001 – 2003 – Beyond the Frame – Working with students, teachers and
Lake Macquarie Gallery
Transition from Primary School to High School
2005 – 2006 Art Teacher Jewells Public School
2008 – Murals at Charlestown East Public School
Artists statement :
My paintings are abstract landscapes
concerning the inter connections between living things and the planet
and the exploitation of the landscape brought about by the quantative
goals of modern technology.
The symbols used in my paintings have
specific meaning to me and are used to represent things like the
patterns of nature, spiritual imagery and change. The works are
multi-layered revealing layers beneath.
Similarly the images are built
upon memories of places visited from the past. I am interested in the
metaphysics of painting and the aboriginal sense of place and belonging
to a pattern on cycle of life.
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