Artist in Residence: Susan Powell
Inspired by landscapes and seasonal changes, this artist considers herself a ‘recorder’ of beauty.
Artist Sue Powell has been painting her ethereal watercolours, and sometimes acrylics, for over 40 years, but she has another name for her craft: Visual recorder. “I capture the landscape and light, visually recording a beautiful place in that moment,” says the Hillsburgh artist. “I am continually inspired by landscapes throughout all the seasons, including the flora within these diverse ecosystems.”
She adds that many of her watercolours capture the rolling rhythms and changing light of the Niagara Escarpment. Powell’s eye for the environment extends to her materials – Beam Paints, watercolours handmade in Manitoulin Island from lightfast pigments, tree sap, honey and gum arabic – because they are ecologically friendly. “My paintings, I hope, create a greater awareness of a space/place that can often lead to its long-term protection.”
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