Suzanne Chrysler MacDonald

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Artist statement

No doubt the most important decade in my young life was spent in rural Quebec. Those years kindled in me a love of nature and places of quiet beauty. Coming to Nova Scotia several years later rekindled that spirit of the child in me and I began painting in earnest. Each painting was an exercise in changing contrasting colours. To my surprise my palette slowly evolved into a Turneresque one; two yellows, one warm, one cool,; two reds, one hot, one cooler and so on. Nature has continued to inspire me as I enter a more introspective period in my art. Both photograpghy and painting have taken me into a private world that others may come to appreciate and understand. It is my own personal expression of a life needing harmony in a world so sadly chaotic and it has been suggested that this style of work is psychologically beneficial.

selected biography

Solo Exhibitions

• 1987 Lunenburg Art Gallery Nova Scotia
• 1986 Atlantic Galleries, Fredricton, New Brunswick
• 1984-85 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Provincial Touring show
• 1977 Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax, NS
• 1974 Centennial Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
• Since 1971, annually Mabou Village Gallery, Cape Breton, N.S.
• (July 1- October 15).

Juried Group Exhibitions

• 2007-2008 Art Sales and Rental at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
• 1994-1995 Visual Arts N.S. First Biennial Exhibition
• Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Art Auctions
• 1980-1986 Visual Arts NS-Dalhousie Research Foundation Art Auctions
• 1984 House of Remy Show, Halifax N.S.
• 1978 Maritime Artists Association, Halifax, N.S.

Other Group Exhibitions

• Yearly since 1999 Iverness Co. Council of the Arts “Hands Dancing”
• 1997 St. F.X. Invitational Print Exhibition
• 1994 St. F.X. University Summer Exhibition
• 1993 St. F.X. University Commemorative Exhibiton
• 1980-1995 Baddeck Art Gallery Annual Summer Festival