THIS PAINTING IS CURRENTLY ON EXHIBITION AND IS UNAVAILABLE UNTIL 30/10/18
Birds have been a source of fascination for me for many years, and I am very lucky to have over sixty species visiting me at home. As an artist, birds are a never-ending source of inspiration, with their vast range of forms and colours, and of course their individual personalities and unique behaviours.
I am happiest with my work when my paintings bring together many things that I love. These include, firstly, a delight in the natural world surrounding me.  I live in the Gold Coast hinterland, an area rich in sub-tropical forests and streams, full of life, colour and pattern. Layers of colour and pattern underlie my paintings, often combining natural plant forms with other elements from different times and cultures. In this painting beneath the forms of twisting rainforest vines you can glimpse patterns of yellow dots, which are a reference to the work of Kusama.
My work goes through four processes (at least) Firstly, I create an abstract colour background using vibrant lithographic inks with solvent to create fluid organic effects. Then I work with my ever growing library of custom made stencils – sometimes plant forms, sometimes abstract or classical patterns. In creating these backgrounds, which I think of as abstract paintings in their own right, I try to build up interesting layers of forms, patterns and colours, so that the eye looks through depths of space, and nothing is fully grasped in the instant. This is how our visual systems work, glimpses, and layers, and things half-seen.
When I am happy with the background, then it is time to consider what bird subject it suggests to me. I paint the birds as realistically as my skills permit. I enjoy the contrast of a realistically detailed and modeled bird “popping” out of an abstract painting. The final stage is to re-balance the work tonally so that the subjects sit happily with the background.
AUD$850
Size:
60w
x 60h
x 4d
cms
View in my room
Oil and aerosol on studio canvas
Ready to hang
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THIS PAINTING IS CURRENTLY ON EXHIBITION AND IS UNAVAILABLE UNTIL 30/10/18
Birds have been a source of fascination for me for many years, and I am very lucky to have over sixty species visiting me at home. As an artist, birds are a never-ending source of inspiration, with their vast range of forms and colours, and of course their individual personalities and unique behaviours.
I am happiest with my work when my paintings bring together many things that I love. These include, firstly, a delight in the natural world surrounding me.  I live in the Gold Coast hinterland, an area rich in sub-tropical forests and streams, full of life, colour and pattern. Layers of colour and pattern underlie my paintings, often combining natural plant forms with other elements from different times and cultures. In this painting beneath the forms of twisting rainforest vines you can glimpse patterns of yellow dots, which are a reference to the work of Kusama.
My work goes through four processes (at least) Firstly, I create an abstract colour background using vibrant lithographic inks with solvent to create fluid organic effects. Then I work with my ever growing library of custom made stencils – sometimes plant forms, sometimes abstract or classical patterns. In creating these backgrounds, which I think of as abstract paintings in their own right, I try to build up interesting layers of forms, patterns and colours, so that the eye looks through depths of space, and nothing is fully grasped in the instant. This is how our visual systems work, glimpses, and layers, and things half-seen.
When I am happy with the background, then it is time to consider what bird subject it suggests to me. I paint the birds as realistically as my skills permit. I enjoy the contrast of a realistically detailed and modeled bird “popping” out of an abstract painting. The final stage is to re-balance the work tonally so that the subjects sit happily with the background.
AUD$3,200
Size:
128w
x 98h
x 3.5d
cms
Susan Skuse
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x 80h
x 3.5d
cms
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x 80h
x 3.5d
cms
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x 45h
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Susan Skuse
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x 4d
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x 4d
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cms
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x 80h
x 3d
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x 80h
x 3.5d
cms
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x 80h
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x 3.5d
cms
Susan Skuse
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x 80h
x 3.5d
cms
Susan Skuse
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x 80h
x 3.5d
cms
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x 76h
x 3.5d
cms
Susan Skuse
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x 80h
x 3.5d
cms
Susan Skuse
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80w
x 80h
x 3.5d
cms
Susan Skuse
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80w
x 80h
x 3.5d
cms
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30w
x 30h
x 4d
cms
Susan Skuse
AUD$275
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30w
x 30h
x 4d
cms
Susan Skuse
AUD$275
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30w
x 30h
cms
Susan Skuse
AUD$275
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30w
x 30h
x 4d
cms
Susan Skuse
AUD$275
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30w
x 30h
x 4d
cms
Susan Skuse
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x 30h
x 5d
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Susan Skuse
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x 30h
x 4d
cms
Susan Skuse
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30w
x 30h
x 4d
cms
Susan Skuse
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30w
x 30h
x 4d
cms
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45w
x 45h
x 2d
cms
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x 45h
x 4d
cms
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45w
x 45h
x 4d
cms
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45w
x 45h
x 4d
cms
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x 91h
x 4d
cms
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x 61h
x 4d
cms
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x 102h
x 3d
cms
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x 102h
x 4d
cms
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x 77h
x 4d
cms
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x 85h
x 4d
cms
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x 61h
x 5d
cms
Susan Skuse
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x 120h
x 2d
cms
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x 90h
x 4d
cms
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x 100h
x 4d
cms
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x 75h
x 4d
cms
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x 80h
x 4d
cms
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x 60h
x 2d
cms
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x 60h
x 4d
cms
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x 50h
x 3d
cms
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x 60h
x 4d
cms
Susan Skuse
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50w
x 60h
x 4d
cms
Susan Skuse
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76w
x 76h
x 10d
cms
Susan Skuse