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...ts, I'm usually exploring the general theme of my relation with my environment. My paintings sometimes appear tangled and complex, and like life, offer interrupted views.

Approaching painting in this way offers a sense of commonplace reality, translated into a heightened, and hopefully, timeless moment. Living experience in real-time is how I practice my art. I categorize my work as Contemporary Realist.

The studio at Copper Ridge in Colorado is always open for visits by appointment and is the nucleus for artists Pat Walsh, Maggie Smith, Sierra Campbell, Christopher Oar, Julie Anderson, Monroe Hodder, and Greg Grasso. It's a thriving artists' community.

Early on I was influenced by the Fauvists (like Andre` Derain) for their vibrant use of color. The English painter, Peter Doig is my hero to emulate and my style is further impacted by Richard Prince, Jennifer Bartlett, Darshan Phillips, Julius Hatofsky and most all of the Northern California abstract Expressionist painters, such as David Park, Nathan Olivera, Richard Diebenkorn, and WayneThiebaud.

I studied painting (and welding) at the San Francisco Art Institute (1989–92) beginning study with the magnificent Joan Brown before her untimely death in India. There is/was much to be learned from Carlos Villa, Julius Hatofsky, and Chester Arnold. Art methodologies with Chester Arnold at College of Marin is an amazing class. My years of private study with abstract expressionist painter Julius Hatofsky I remember as one of the best parts of studying art.

I like to paint.

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An astounding view of Contemporary Realism:  http://www.seavestcollection.org/html/artists.asp. I highly recommend any art enthusiast spending time on this site.

(Contemporary Art:   Term loosely used to denote art of the present day and of the relatively recent past, of an innovatory or avant-garde nature. In relation to contemporary art museums, the date of origin for the term contemporary art varies. The Institute of Contemporary Art in London, founded in 1947, champions art from that year onwards. Whereas The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York chooses the later date of 1977. In the 1980s, The Tate planned a Museum of Contemporary Art in which contemporary art was defined as art of the past ten years on a rolling basis.)

Education: San Francisco Art Institute, Painting College of Marin, CO Colorado Mountain College, University of Hawaii

Private Study: Julius Hatofsky, Chester Arnold, Joe Santori, Eileen Braziel, Eric Aho, Carol Carpenter, and Robert Burridge.

Upcoming and Recent Exhibits: 2010 APRIL Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, Las Vegas, 2010 RED Contemporary CO ongoing 2009 APRIL Milagro, Santa Fe, 2009 MARCH Artists Gallery, Steamboat CO, JANUARY Cella Gallery, North Hollywood, NoHo Arts District, 2008JULY Creekside Cafe d'Art, Steamboat CO, 08AUGUST Goldsmith's Fine Art, Ft Collins CO, 08AUGUST Concourse d'Elegance, Colorado Springs, 08SEPTEMBER Artists Gallery, Steamboat CO, 08FEBRUARY Goldsmith's Fine Art, Ft Collins CO

Recent Awards:

Projekt30.com, Top Thirty OCTOBER 2009, 1st position
Projekt30.com, Top Thirty APRIL 2009, 1st position
Projekt30.com, Top Thirty MARCH 2009, 1st position
Projekt30.com, Top Thirty Dec2008, 1st position

RE: PRINTS:    Sections and croppings of my works are available as iris prints (the "giclee"), archival, museum quality, light-fast inks, in editions and in open series, with prices at 10% to 35% of the cost of an original.

Represented By: RED Contemporary, CO,  Cella Gallery, North Hollywood, CA. Indigo Gallery, Ft Collins CO. Marziart Internternational, Hamburg Germany. Artists' Gallery of Steamboat, CO. Ma'lama'a Art, Maui, Milago 139 exhibit thru Jan 2010.

Hardcover Book: International Contemporary Artists of 2010. Release JAN2010 at Barnes and Noble and online.

I love Vasari Paint

To see more work go to: http://www.susanschiesser.30art.com