Artist: Susan Wakefield
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Biography
Born in England, I grew up in Canada, and have also lived in the USA and New Zealand. Travel stimulates and feeds the soul and the imagination, all of which are part of the artist within.
All my life I have been making art. My schooling consists of a Diploma, Painting Major, from the Montreal Museum School of Fine Arts, and a B.F.A. cum laude in Crafts with a major in enamelling and a minor in metals from Kent State University. I also have taken numerous courses and workshops to add to my knowledge. I started sewing as a child, learnt weaving in New Zealand, and I draw all the time. I studied at the Packard Art Studio in Los Altos, California, as well as Stanford University. I have taught in both New Zealand, and in Canada.
My work has been primarily in metals for twenty-five years, but I have returned to my roots in the last nine or so years, painting much more, and have begun to make small sculptures in metal. I think all the things I have spent my life learning are coming together, and I believe that they will begin to blend into one another.
Susan Wakefield
Artists’ Statement
My work reflects my life experiences, and much of it comes from nature, although I don’t make that explicit. I find that painting becomes a spiritual experience for me, using the intellect, the brain, and the heart. If I am successful, the viewer will feel some of what I have worked to put into the piece I am presenting to them.
Susan Wakefield