Suzan Schwartz L Gottshall

I began experimenting with Cold wax oils after seeing the process of encaustic art. Without all of the fumes, I was able to attain movement and raised texture to my work bringing out a more vibrant and tactile look and feel. I will be growing my portfolio and continue adding new pieces of work.

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Several of my oil paintings were inspired by photographs I took while out exploring. Others, like the the flowers in the vase and the people gathering were impromptu.

ACRYLIC PAINTINGS

AN UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE

I must admit, my fear of heights has always limited me from even trying a small plane flyover to take pictures. After I had the opportunity to see the world from a drone's point of view I was hooked! Driving around different areas and exploring our country side from ground level will give us glorious views; however elevating from 200 to 300 feet in the air does present a whole new world from a different perspective. It is amazing to revisit even the places that are familiar from an elevated height.

The same area will look at different throughout the day, and from different seasons. Photographing from ground level then rising above the treetops reaches far beyond imagination. Hills and valleys, light and shadows create a spectacular view of nature and the horizon.

Viewing my images inspired me to pick up a paintbrush and put it to canvas creating my own original work of art from an aerial view. I am a self-taught artist who is just beginning to explore my hidden talents in all mediums of art. Perhaps someday I will be able to hang my artwork that I recreated in a gallery.

Suzan Schwartz L Gottshall

This article with my images are featured in the Phillips Mill Newsletter

https://www.phillipsmill.org/post/phillips-mill-photo-news-dec-2021

“NARRATIVE of “NO BORDERS” by Suzan SL Gottshall

Life eventually passes to death as the cycle continues. Once, there was a young girl who dreamed of becoming a violinist but it was all too soon that she was overcome with forever “sleeping on the hill”. The physical existence of ancestors may have disappeared but their story lives on in an epitaph.

Inspired by the “Spoon River Anthology”, this composition brings to life a visual conception of those who now lie in cemetery beds buried along with their dreams as the living look onward possibly in remembrance. They contemplate on their own life and what will be written about them in passing.

Although the physical body is gone from site, the memories live on as does the spirits of the dead. Many believe there is a separation of worlds but my feeling on this subject of life and death is that there are No Borders!

THIS STORY, ALTHOUGH WOULD FIT SEVERAL OTHER IMAGES, WAS WRITTEN FOR THE FIRST IMAGE.

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“QUESTION EVERYTHING”

I am going to give a brief description of what makes up my storyline and how I compose and interesting work of artistic photography. In ”Question Everything”, which is the title of my work, the process involves bringing in several different images into the canvas to create the story. Taken in an abandon place which significantly creates the feeling of abandonment, the little girl with a smile on her face holding a doll sends a confusing message to the viewer. But if you read the WRITTING ON THE WALL , you will begin to question the why of the image. Looking real hard on the couch to the left you may be able to faintly read the word HELP! As part of my portfolio as a child growing up, this vision was where I lived most of the time. As you may notice that the little girl is really almost transparent as if she did not exist. Unnoticed, insignificant, and doesn’t belong, describe the world I use to live in. All of these components exist in this black and white image. Some people could relate to it while others find it disturbing. THIS EMOTIONAL REACTION is what draws the viewer into the story. Photographic FINE ART should be as complex as a painting or sculpture to invoke the viewer’s senses.

There are three added features in this image to make my point. The little girl is actually from a 4x5 negative from the 1950’s that I have. I digitally converted it to fit into this scene as it looks like and represents me as a child. By the way, I hated dolls! :)

The writing on the wall came from a trash dumpster that I photographed at an abandon site and transposed it onto the deteriorating wall.

My artistic mind reaches far beyond and expressed in my work!

A day at the Beach can be so serine as you breathe in the fresh air and let the sound of the waves free your mind. There is always something that will entice your senses and perhaps bring good memories of times gone by.