New Zealand Painting

I am an abstract painter whose artwork, through color and form, evokes an emotive experience for the viewer. As part of a lineage of modernist and contemporary artmaking, my paintings reference the simple and pure geometry of non-objective abstraction, the atmosphere of color field theory, and the element of chance found in abstract expressionism. As a practitioner, I use a variety of mediums and techniques, bright colors, and compositional strategies to explore the materiality of painting. I begin a canvas with colors inspired by nature, random places, or other artists’ paintings, whatever catches my eye, stirs my curiosity, or challenges me. I often draw lines on the canvas, creating a structure of geometric spaces that interact with organic and fluid movements of paint. By placing color next to color and then finding the intricate gradations between them, the spatial dimensions and atmospheric elements of the painting comes into focus. The sensation of color, the thrill of creating, and the surprise of abstraction are what drive me to paint. The intention in my practice is to engage the viewer on a visceral level, through the lushness of color, a purity of form, and passion and exuberance I feel when I make art. In 2012, Su completed the CE Core Curriculum Program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Pafa). Su continues to study with Abstract teachers, Kassem Amoudi at Pafa, and Peter Bonner at The Art Students League of New York. Su has been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Wild Roof Journal and The Woven Tale Press literary and visual arts magazines as well as interviewed on ArtWatch radio. She recently received an Honorable Mention in the Visionary Art Collective online exhibition, Finding Sanctuary, 2021, a 3rd Place award in The ArtList September Artist of the Month contest, 2019. She also received an Award of Merit from Manhattan Arts International in the online exhibition of The Healing Power of Art, 2019. Su is a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club and received two Honorable Mention awards for her entries in the Absolutely Abstract shows, in 2012 and 2013, as well as being a juror in the 2015 Absolutely Abstract show.