Sue’s current series of prints layers oil painting on translucent handmade paper over vintage prints. The alchemical process of mixing media fascinates her, and here the ink print combines with the oil paint to produce images of great depth and beauty. Each painting is achieved through a meditative, creative process. Each mark that is made is reflected upon.
Her limited palette of earthy tones and whimsical figures set in timeless landscapes achieve a dreamlike quality. While the romanticised women in their pristine settings give a surface impression of nostalgia and whimsy, this is offset by suggestions of a harsher reality below and behind what we immediately perceive. Her use of “veils” of paper metaphorically echo the many layers of meaning present in her work, as well as evoking layers of time.
Each of the ten prints is one of a limited edition of six, printed at Artist’s Proof Studio in Newtown, Johannesburg in conjunction with their master printers. The top layer of each print is hand painted, making this a varied edition, as every print is unique.
Walk on the Wild Side 1 – Oil Painting on handmade paper chine-colle over digital print on Fabriano paper, 58 x 68 unframed. R12 000
Walk on the Wild Side 2 – Oil Painting on handmade paper chine-colle over digital print on Fabriano paper, 58 x 68 unframed. R12 000
Walk on the Wild Side 3 – Oil Painting on handmade paper chine-colle over digital print on Fabriano paper, 58 x 68 unframed. R12 000
Walk on the Wild Side 4 – Oil Painting on handmade paper chine-colle over digital print on Fabriano paper, 58 x 68 unframed. R12 000
Walk on the Wild Side 5 – Oil Painting on handmade paper chine-colle over digital print on Fabriano paper, 58 x 68 unframed. R12 000
Walk on the Wild Side 6 – Oil Painting on handmade paper chine-colle over digital print on Fabriano paper, 58 x 68 unframed. R12 000
Walk on the Wild Side 7 – Oil Painting on handmade paper chine-colle over digital print on Fabriano paper, 58 x 68 unframed. R12 000
Walk on the Wild Side 8 – Oil Painting on handmade paper chine-colle over digital print on Fabriano paper, 58 x 68 unframed. R12 000
Walk on the Wild Side 9 – Oil Painting on handmade paper chine-colle over digital print on Fabriano paper, 58 x 68 unframed. R12 000
Walk on the Wild Side 10 – Oil Painting on handmade paper chine-colle over digital print on Fabriano paper, 58 x 68 unframed. R12 000