Susan Livengood
Rural Architecture
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Artist's Statement

By focusing energy and emotions on the subject, I interrupt the surface to avoid strict representation. I want the new object, my painting, to resonate, not represent.

 

 
    I grew up in San Antonio , TX., married in 1975, and still have my first husband. We have two children. We moved to North Carolina in 1997, built, and ran a B&B and llama farm. I am not one of those who was absolutely sure I was destined to be an artist. I've been a potter, jewelry designer, llama trekker, and innkeeper. Since we sold our inn in 2005, I have been able to focus on painting and writing again. We live in a rural area with a hand hewn log cabin on the property. The people who built and lived in that cabin had skills and the desire to make things. I identify with those who call themselves makers.

2009- North Carolina Regional Artist Program Grant - Henderson and Haywood Counties

2008- One Woman Show - HART Theater, Waynesville , NC
Represented by- Art On Depot Gallery, Waynesville , NC

2007- Asheville Area Arts Council - National Juried Show "Boundaries"
Haywood County Public Library

1997-2005- WindDancers Lodge and Llama Treks, Clyde NC – designed and built log B&B, designed landscaping, led llama treks, PR, and customer service

1996- Atlantic Center for the Arts-New Smyrna Beach , FL, with Ed Paschke
“Women's Caucus for Art” Osceola Center for the Arts, Osceola FL

1995- Women Contemporary Artists- Literal Images- second place- Orlando , FL

1994- Small Works – Valencia Community College , Orlando, Fl

1990- San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio TX- continuing education
Public art Mural, 8'x20' Sanders Barber Shop exterior wall, San Antonio , TX 1990-2000

1986-‘89 Adagio, Inc., Evanston IL – hand painted jewelry

1976- Stone Rope Pottery, Evanston , IL

1975- BFA Southern Methodist University , Dallas TX