Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Friday, November 6, 2015
Water & Light - Art Exhibition at Osmosis Gallery
Rocky Mountain Water
& Light
Show Statement
The
Rocky Mountain series of paintings emerged from my forty-three years of hiking
Colorado trails across the state. The paintings are an accumulation of
experiences, not just one experience, one place.
I
choose to create work that does not refer to any specific location or time. I
choose instead to invite the viewer into my meditation of my collected
emotional responses from residing for fourteen years in the Colorado Mountains.
Each painting lives in its own time and locale, without depending on a specific
period or place to give it validity.
It
breathes on it’s own, free from a particular association, reflecting back to
the viewer an experience of seeing something new. The painting changes as the viewer breathes
in detail, subtleties of shape, and nuance of color. Then the painting breathes
back to the viewer and a relationship ensues. I invite you to gaze, without
labels, into my shared contemplation.
Artist Statement
As
a Contemplative Artist, Suzanne Frazier creates paintings from a meditative space.
She meditates before she begins each painting session to facilitate moving into
that part of her brain where creativity abounds.
She
writes about her experience, “I lose a sense of time when I paint, and if I am
lucky, I lose a sense of place, and if I am really lucky, I lose myself, and
just paint.”
Her
painting style is a textured process that involves a longer timeframe to create
the work. With a pallet knife, she applies slabs of oil paint on to a blank
canvas to create the image. Then she builds up the texture and blends colors
using a brush. The combination of both elements brings vitality to the work. The
painting can change and modify during all the painting times. Finally, the
composition is sound and the colors are strong and she knows the painting is
complete.
Suzanne’s
source of inspiration comes from the natural world. She takes all her
experiences from living in Colorado since 1972, from hiking above timberline to
sitting next to Boulder Creek, and the accumulation of her experiences erupt in
her paintings as an organic universal experience of living on this planet.
Artist Bio
Philosophy from Lake Erie College to create a philosophical/meditative
approach to art making. In September 2015, Suzanne published her first 24 page
art book, Contemplative Art,
describing her meditative painting process and her definition for contemplative
art amid images of her cloud paintings. Suzanne has been a working artist since
1990 with oil paintings in private collections in the United States, Canada,
Japan and Europe. She is currently represented by Osmosis Gallery in Niwot, CO.
(Top Left) Rocky Mountain Canyon Light (Bottom Left) Rocky Mountain Canyon Sunset (Top Right) Rocky Mountain Rain Sunset (Bottom Right) Rocky Mountain Evening Light |
(Left to Right Back) Rocky Mountain Spring Storm, Rocky Mountain Creek Whirlpool (Top Right) Rocky Mountain Moonlight Summit (Bottom Right) Rocky Mountain Spring Runof |
Friday, October 16, 2015
2020 Food + Wine Bar Art Exhibition
2020 Ionosphere Street, Longmont, CO
Hours: Mondays - Saturdays 4 pm - 9 pm
Check out their menu: Click Here
Hours: Mondays - Saturdays 4 pm - 9 pm
Check out their menu: Click Here
These paintings are part of my Boulder Foothill Series
"Canyon Falls", 24" x 18" |
"Morning Has Broken", 12" x 16" |
"Here's Horse Looking At You!", 12" x 9" |
(top) "Colterra Garden", 12" x 12" (bottom) "Niwot Summer Lights", 12" x 12" |
Saturday, September 12, 2015
2015 Longmont Studio Tour
2015 Longmont Studio Tour
Saturday & Sunday, September 26 & 27
11 am to 5 pm
Suzanne's Studio in Prospect
Ionosphere and Neon Forest Circle
Longmont, CO 80504
You are invited to visit my studio in Prospect, in Longmont, Colorado, the weekend of September 26 & 27.
The doors will be open between 11 am and 5 pm. I'll be exhibiting my work for sale plus my new book, Contemplative Art, 2016 Art Calendar, Note Cards, Non-Traditional Christmas Cards and prints.
You can pick up a map of the tour at my studio. Here are directions to my studio: Click Here
Or, you can get the entire studio tour map: Click Here
Here's a video of my studio:
Saturday & Sunday, September 26 & 27
11 am to 5 pm
Suzanne's Studio in Prospect
Ionosphere and Neon Forest Circle
Longmont, CO 80504
You are invited to visit my studio in Prospect, in Longmont, Colorado, the weekend of September 26 & 27.
The doors will be open between 11 am and 5 pm. I'll be exhibiting my work for sale plus my new book, Contemplative Art, 2016 Art Calendar, Note Cards, Non-Traditional Christmas Cards and prints.
You can pick up a map of the tour at my studio. Here are directions to my studio: Click Here
Or, you can get the entire studio tour map: Click Here
Here's a video of my studio:
And here I am standing in front of my oil painting
Colterra Garden
that is on exhibition at the Muse Gallery through the end of September.
You can drop by the Muse to see work by each participating artist
and pick up a 2015 Longmont Studio Tour Map
Colterra Garden oil painting 12" x 12" |
Friday, August 7, 2015
Artwork at the Osmosis Gallery
Osmosis Gallery
290 2nd Avenue, Niwot CO 80503
303-652-2668
Open Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm
Saturdays 11 am - 3 pm
I have two paintings on display at the Osmosis Gallery.
Please plan to stop by and check them out and the rest of the art in the gallery.
290 2nd Avenue, Niwot CO 80503
303-652-2668
Open Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm
Saturdays 11 am - 3 pm
I have two paintings on display at the Osmosis Gallery.
Please plan to stop by and check them out and the rest of the art in the gallery.
View from Wonderland Lake oil painting 12" x 12" |
View from Lee Hill Road oil painting 12" x 12" |
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Monday, June 29, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
2015 Prospect Artists Studio Tour
You are invited to stop by my studio during the PROSPECT ARTISTS STUDIO TOUR
Saturday & Sunday, June 20 & 21, from Noon - 6 pm
Here's the Link for the Map: Click Here
Here's the Prospect Artists Association Facebook Page: Click Here
You can check out the 14 artists participating in the tour. "Like" us and we will keep you up-dated on PAA activities.
Here's the invitation:
Saturday & Sunday, June 20 & 21, from Noon - 6 pm
Here's the Link for the Map: Click Here
Here's the Prospect Artists Association Facebook Page: Click Here
You can check out the 14 artists participating in the tour. "Like" us and we will keep you up-dated on PAA activities.
Here's the invitation:
Friday, March 20, 2015
Danish Furniture Store Exhibition
1448 Nelson Road
Longmont, CO 80501
Store Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
Saturday, March 21 from 10 am to 5 pm they are hosting a Home & Garden Party
You are invited to stop by to see my work.
Here is a video of a section of the store exhibiting 6 of my paintings in a bedroom setting. Don't miss it!
Here are some other photos of my work on display:
Longmont, CO 80501
Store Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
Thirteen Paintings by Suzanne Frazier
I am delighted to have my work on display at the Danish Furniture Store in Longmont. They have been a family run business for 43 years.Saturday, March 21 from 10 am to 5 pm they are hosting a Home & Garden Party
You are invited to stop by to see my work.
Here is a video of a section of the store exhibiting 6 of my paintings in a bedroom setting. Don't miss it!
Here are some other photos of my work on display:
Desert Sunrise, 18" x 36" |
Long View From Longmont, 30" x 24" |
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Walker Fine Art/ Elevate Art Consultants
300 West 11th Ave #A
Denver, CO 80204
Denver, CO 80204
Open:
Tuesday-Saturday 11am-5pm
First Fridays 6 pm-8pm
Tuesday-Saturday 11am-5pm
First Fridays 6 pm-8pm
By appointment 303-355-8955
Contact:
Bobbi Walker | Elevate Art Consultants
info@elevateartconsultants.com Bobbi Walker | Elevate Art Consultants
Available as part of the offerings by the Elevate Art Consultants
that can be viewed at Walker Fine Art (by appointment) :
that can be viewed at Walker Fine Art (by appointment) :
I chose the name for this series of paintings, "Boketto",
because it means in Japanese, "gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking".
I love the idea of looking at a painting, gazing at a painting, without thinking, rather absorbing or ingesting the emotion of the image instead of trying to figure it out. I paint my emotional response to a memory of an experience in the Colorado mountains, choosing not to depict a scene, rather to give an impression of the impact of the landscape.
Here you can see the process I used to create this oil painting.
First, I began painting the texture on the canvas.
I do this in my garage because the paint smell is too intense to let it dry in my studio.
Here's a video of painting the first layer of texture.
Then I take the painting to my studio for the final drying on the wall.
I check out the texture to see which direction I should place
the canvas to begin painting.
Sometimes I turn the painting upside down after I begin painting.
It all depends.
Next I begin blocking in the colors and establishing the composition.
Of course, all this can change.
Still blocking in colors.
Still blocking in colors.
After blocking in the colors, I paint another couple of layers of paint
until I begin to get the subtleties in color I prefer.
I continue painting in layers refining the colors until I arrive at the final image on the canvas.
But then, it can change, after I let the painting rest and I look at it again.
Here I made minor changes.
You can go to this website,
to view the other 8 Boulder Creek Series paintings
available for viewing at Walker Fine Art
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Osmosis Gallery Show in Niwot CO
290 2nd Avenue, Niwot Colorado
The Osmosis Gallery is located in this beautiful little house on
2nd Avenue in Niwot.
For More Information on the Osmosis Gallery Click Here
The Osmosis Gallery is located in this beautiful little house on
2nd Avenue in Niwot.
I have twelve paintings on display at the Osmosis Gallery
through the end of January.
Three are to the left of the front door.
Four are the right side of the door.
and
Four are on the room dividers facing the door.
and
One more, the Contemplative Buffalo is under the front window.
You can see seven of my paintings on either side of the front door. |
Front top to bottom: Boulder Creek Fall Boulder Creek Spring LIght Boulder Creek Winter Boulder Creek Sunrise |
From top to bottom Boulder Creek Spring Boulder Creek Sunset Boulder Creek Fall Light |
Top Left: Boulder Creek Midday Light Top Right: Boulder Creek Moonlight Bottom Left: Boulder Creek Spring LIght Bottom Right: Boulder Creek Morning |
For More Information on the Osmosis Gallery Click Here
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