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.Born Kalkaska, Michigan USA 1965.Currently living in San Diego, California As an artist I am almost entirely dependent on the person sitting for me. I choose people who, for one reason or another, generate an intense urge to capture an essence--a line, a jutting shoulder, a postural indication of how this person lives internally. I live for the times when I find someone to sit for me with whom I connect and who also possesses a psychological intricacy that adds so much to the final picture. I work primarily with pencil and graphite, only occasionally employing a bit of color when I feel the need. I prefer simple presentation and am always challenged by the creation of a picture that does not rely on the use of color to captivate the viewer. It is always my goal to record nuances that even I am unaware of consciously which are then noted and commented on by people who see my drawings. At the very least, I hope to interest viewers of varying backgrounds enough so that they retain an impression of another person that is not immediately forgotten. I have travelled in the past and intend to find a way to do so in the future. I am intensely interested in working with a greater variety of people than those that I am exposed to in the USA. I know that I will become a better artist only by constantly challenging myself. Thank-you for reading....Suzanne