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- Broken Horses At Home
oil 36" x 30" 2008
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- Summer Oxen
oil 24" x 24" 2008
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- Take a Good Look
oil 40" x 30" 2008
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- The Sorrel and the Bay
oil 54" x 54" 2008
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- Three Herefords
acrylic 16" x 20" 2007
artist statement
A recurring theme in my work is the exploration of the complicated relationships between humans and our domesticated animals. Horses and how we treat them figure prominently, and I often look for tensions that are outside the traditional animal portraiture.
My still life paintings utilize the tack and equipment from the equine world as well as broken toys and the wooden horses I played with as a child. I concentrate on fragments of the still life and am intrigued by the interactions on the canvas that may result from the selective cropping of the still life painting.
selected biography
Susan Sweet is a painter living in Maitland. As a young person up in Martock, she drew her own and any other horses while enduring a high school education devoid of the arts. She attended NSCAD in the 1980’s, studied painting, drawing, photography, printmaking and lots of art history and graduated in 1990 with a BFA. Susan now works in oil, scrylic and pastel.
Recent shows include; Solo: ‘Broken Horses, Spotted Cattle’ McCarthy Hall Gallery 2008. Group: ‘The Great Little Art Show’, ‘East Hants Fine Art Association Show’ (winter of the People’s Choice Award for 2 years), Windsor’s ‘Festival of Art’, and several group shows with the Truro Art Society at the McCarthy Hall Gallery. Susan belongs to the Truro Art Society and the Equine Art Guild. She has work in the Nova Scotia Art Bank, Pro Agri Consulting, Utata Gallery Permanent Collection and with several private collectors. Her work may be found at Gallery 215, Utata Gallery and at her home based studio.
