Suzy Sharpe

Painting and printmaking in most media, using exploration and experimentation, I try to work intuitively and spontaneously, as I consider the symbolic significance placed on animals in our society, at the didactic role of animals in traditional story telling, folk lore, myth and fable. I find it intriguing that we can place importance on the sighting of a magpie and can become hyper-alert at an unanticipated encounter with a bird, mammal or insect in our vicinity.

I am fascinated by the breadth of our symbiotic relationship with all creatures and the depth of our feeling toward them. I often find that language alone cannot articulate our emotional responses to life's trials and events, yet, devoid of words or facial expression, I see a part of my life explained completely as I observe a swan trying to take off from the waters surface, its colossal personal investment, struggle to break free, then finally effortless flight and freedom.

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