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SUE AVERELL
About the Artist
After studying at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Sue Averell worked for several
years in the printing industry. In 1996 she realized she could combine the knowledge received from Art Center with her
printing expertise to start her own design and illustration company, Moonshot Media.
In 2002 Sue began working full time in her painting studio creating works for her studio events, gallery shows and the
Celebration of Fine Art, an annual 3-month fine art show in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition, Sue accepts commissioned
artwork by both corporate and individual clients to create personal paintings that meet their needs. Call the Gallery
for more details.
Artist Statement
Painting is more than just a creative discipline, it is my vocation. Even as a child I looked at the world with the eyes
of an artist, trying to figure out how to capture what I saw onto paper. My style has evolved through the years, but it
stands today as a process of escaping the confines of optical reality. It is my intent to enable the viewer to feel the
energy I put forth in the creation of my works through the use of expressive paint and color application.
I strive to communicate and evoke emotion by juxtaposing idiosyncratic choices of complementary and dissonant colors, and
adorning the canvas with paint splatters alluding to energy, freedom, and action. Emotion is further expressed via uneven
textures created through the thick application of paint. These elements combined assist in achieving my ultimate object
which to optically draw the viewer to explore the composition. Equally valuable is providing my viewer with an image that
is full of intricate features and meaning so that they are encouraged to come back time after time, seeing a different hidden
detail each visit.
Symbolic iconography is subtly embedded throughout the work that is not only of personal significance, but also serves as a
way for the individual to interpret the work through their own life experience. Such evocative and compositional elements
include images referring to the abstract notion of change; either changes in life in general or sudden shifts in the cadence
of the composition. For example, blue and black butterflies are indicative of one stage of a metamorphosis, the numbers
“3, 2, 1 " signify a count down to change, and random circles, either scratched into or layered onto the surface, that
insinuate portals to unexpected change. Another important feature is the expressive treatment of the black line in my paintings,
which serves as a visual vehicle to aid the viewers’ optical journey through the image.
So as you look upon my canvases of saturated color fields, strategic compositions, and evocative images, it is my hope that you
will be filled with the sensation of freedom, freshly liberated into a sky of unlimited, imaginative horizons.
St. Thomas Inspired
canvas, 15x30
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Reality Skewed
canvas, 30x30
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If I Had a Treehouse
canvas, 72x84
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If you want to purchase or have questions about Sue Averell's artwork, please feel free to
e*mail us
or
To purchase artwork of any artist at the gallery, please call the gallery at 415-673-0802 or
e*mail us
to discuss a piece you may be interested in or with any questions.
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