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Sue Fazio
 I love texture and color and these are part of my process; whether I am painting in oils/acrylics/pastels or encaustics. I want the viewer to 'feel' the energy of the medium and to experience the 'life' of the color. When I am using abstraction as my language I approach it as music and really put down paint intuitively yet using all of my history and background in art relative to composition/line/values and shapes. Abstract painting in some ways much more difficult than painting realistic for me simply because how do I know where to begin and when is the painting finished? What was I trying to say? Does it work? When I start with a subject matter, be it an animal or a landscape or figure...those questions are already answered. Then all I have to do is 'get personal' and express what I feel/think about the subject. It is important to me that the subject is identifiable but not photo realistic---I have evolved from that point as it did not serve me any more. When I began it was really all about doing it 'perfectly'. When I 'mastered' that (to my level of satisfaction for sure) it simply bores me to let it go at that. I need to push the envelope...see what is inside me that makes the painting a true creation rather than a duplication of what is. I want my paintings to be original and authentic or why waste my time. It is a challenge for sure and sometimes I fail miserably. I get confused and disoriented. I think art is a metaphor for life and how you do anything is how you do everything. I am grateful for art coming into my life and many times it has been my lifeline to my inner core. I get distracted with this huge, beautiful life and family!
Browse my art -- email me if you are interested but please be patient as I spend my time painting and NOT on email. Thank you for your interest.
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