Artist:Sue Bailey

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Artist:Sue Bailey 

Biography

Yes! I am often asked how I can paint realistic still lifes at the same time as abstracted landscapes. Here is my story: I started drawing at a young age and continued drawing and working with water colors through high school. My mother taught Fine Arts and painted often herself, and she taught me about great works of art from books and visits to art museums. Even while pursuing a career in software engineering, I was always drawn back to my interest in art. I managed to sneak in a life drawing class in between science classes at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduate school I returned to my home state of Massachusetts where I enrolled in local painting courses and set up a studio at home, experimenting with various media.

In 2000 I began taking oil painting from Newburyport painter and gallery owner, Enrico Donati. The Donati gallery sold several of my paintings. Joining the Newburyport Art Association led to several of my paintings being selected for juried shows. In 2003 I took an oil painting class at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, painting the figure from live models. The teacher was Evelina Brozgul, an accomplished Boston-area teacher and painter.

Soon thereafter I began weekly lessons with Evelina in her studio, progressing from rigorous pencil drawing exercises, copying the old masters such as DaVinci and Caravaggio, to intensive training in oil painting and the use of glazes. Working from studio still life setups in these classes inspired me to branch out on my own, eventually producing a collection of still lifes in my own style infused with bright colors and patterned fabrics.

In 2007 two galleries accepted my work and continued to exhibit it for many years. More galleries have since followed. In 2010 I expanded into a new genre and style: abstracted landscapes. Although very different from the realist still lifes, these paintings continue to reflect my obsession with bright colors, expressed in a more abstract style. The concept of horizontal stripes in those paintings grew out of gazing at the ocean while sailing.

Next I became fascinated with darkness lit only by small areas of intense light. This led to a collection of interior figurative paintings set in dark bars, where I concentrate on bringing out the brightly colored lights that just might expose secrets hiding in the shadows. I also began a new set of paintings called the “Wild Fliers Series”, inspired by the color and motion of beautiful fliers in nature such as the hummingbird. Since then I have been exploring some other styles of abstraction. I am excited by the prospect of pursuing all of these diverse paths into the future.

Are all of these paintings done by the same person?

Awards and Commissions

2014 ‘Church in the Moor‘ selected for Artist’s Magazine 2014 calendar.

2014 Commission for two 18×24 cityscapes for a company’s Boston office

2013 Finalist, Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition.

2013 Commission to create a 24×40 landscape for a company’s Michigan’s office

Press

2014 The Newburyport Current: article on my solo show at the Firehouse Gallery

2014 NH Union Leader: photo of ‘Burning Bush‘ in Art 3 show

2014 Featured Artist Split Lip magazine (online), Jan-Mar issue.

2014 Bedford Journal: photo of Art3 show featured ‘Ptown Shops‘

Recent Exhibitions

2019 Gallery exhibition, Blue Heron Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

2019 “Freshly Imagined”, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2018 Gallery exhibition, Blue Heron Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

2018 “Distractions”, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2018 “Through the Artists’ Eyes”, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2017 ‘Language of the Imagination’, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2017 Gallery exhibition, Blue Heron Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

2016 Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA Two-person show

2016 “A Sense of Place”, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2016 Gallery exhibition, Blue Heron Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

2015 “Inside/Outside”, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2015 “Surf and Turf”, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2015 Gallery Exhibition, Blue Heron Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

2015 Spring group show, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2014 “COLOR!”, Solo show, Firehouse Gallery, Newburyport, MA.

2014 “The Language of Color”, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH.

2013 “Fresh A.I R.”, Summer show, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2013 “Crossing the Line”, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2013 “Spring Salon”, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2012 – 2014 Gallery Exhibition, Tappan Z Gallery, Tarrytown, NY

2013 “Spring Salon”, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2012 – 2014 Gallery Exhibition, Tappan Z Gallery, Tarrytown, NY

2012 “Winter Salon”, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2012 “Fall Salon”, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2012 “Points of View”, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2012 “2D 3D”, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2012 “Cycles”, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH

2011 “Across Landscapes”, Haley Art Gallery, Kittery, M

2011 “Cherished Spaces”, Haley Art Gallery, Kittery, ME

2011 “Spring Salon”, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2011 “Winter Salon”, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2009 – 2012 Gallery Artists Exhibition, Haley Art Gallery, Kittery, ME

2007 – 2012 Group Exhibition, J. Todd Galleries, Wellesley, MA

2007 – 2015 Gallery Artists Exhibition, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2007 Featured New Artist, J. Todd Galleries, Wellesley, MA

Education

2004-2007 Evelina Brozgul studio, Chelsea, MA Studio oil painting classes

2003 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Oil painting class.

2000-2002 Enrico Donati Gallery, Newburyport, MA. Studio oil painting classes

1967-1969 University of Maryland, College Park, MD Graduate study, Computer Science

1967 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. BA Natural Science

Introduction to life drawing

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size:36” x 28” inches

Price:£110 yoriginal watercolour painting signed. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class.