Artist Information:
Susan Ottevanger
Altadena, CA
United States
Member Since: Jul 2000
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Artist Statement:
My subject is seawater, how it
moves, what's in and around
it. It disolves my
conditioning; the rules are
different my
perception enhanced. Gravity
is defied, light fractured,
almost everything shifts,
moves constantly, but with a
rhythm. There is constant
change, chaos, yet order
appears like a tide chart. I
paint the patterns I see.
Always uncomfortable with "man
vs. nature" and
anthropomorphism, seeing
ourselves as detached
observers or opponents, I look
for us as elements inside.
Rather than putting critters
in our clothes, giving them
human traits, I want to get
under their skin, learn their
social skills, traffic
control, time management,
supply and demand, etc. I
watch until patterns emerge.
I love the pitch and roll and
the chance to see the rare
school of thousands to
millions of fish. ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
AQUEOUS 2, Ventura County
Maritime Museum, Sept 1 - Oct
31 2002
AQUEOUS Ventura County
Maritime Museum, August 1 -
Sept. 30, 2000
A BRUSH WITH THE SEA, Neport
Harbor Nautical Museum,
Newport Beach CA '98
American Society of Marine
Artists, Coos Bay Art Museum,
Oregon, '98
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My subject is seawater, how it moves, what's in and around it. It disolves my conditioning; the rules are different my
perception enhanced. Gravity is defied, light fractured, almost everything shifts, moves constantly, but with a rhythm. There is constant change, chaos, yet order appears like a tide chart. I paint the patterns I see.
Always uncomfortable with "man vs. nature" and anthropomorphism, seeing ourselves as detached observers or opponents, I look for us as elements inside. Rather than putting critters in our clothes, giving them human traits, I want to get under their skin, learn their social skills, traffic control, time management, supply and demand, etc. I watch until patterns emerge.
I love the pitch and roll and the chance to see the rare school of thousands to millions of fish. ... |
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