Susi Schuele

2023 — Artists Magazine, July Special Edition, Splash 24: The Best of Watercolor, p.86 ("Anesthetize")
2023 — Artist Spotlight, Fox Valley ArtBEAT News
2022 — Bronze Award, Shades of Purple International Juried Visual Arts Competition, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale AZ ("Mountains")
2022 — Featured Artist, Camelback International Gallery
2022 — Award of Excellence, Watercolor 2022, Norris Cultural Arts Center ("Drive")
2022 — Gallerium Art Prize, Gallerium / Biafarin ("Rollerskate")
2021 — Featured artist, The Official Unicorn SPiT User's Handbook, Rocky Nook Publishing
2017 — Featured, Huffington Post / Hometalk ("Dark Side of the Moon")
I am an empath. Words cannot describe my art — emotions tell a bigger story. I tell my stories through paintings inspired by nature, imagination, and music. Gestural abstraction is my chosen discipline because of the freedom I feel painting loosely, driven entirely by emotion. My intent is to evoke curiosity from every sense — joy, peace, serenity, and on occasion, something darker.
My watercolor and gouache paintings are built through a minimalist approach using a special scraping technique on dry paper. I use water, brush, palette knife, and air to move paint across the surface, achieving incredi...

I am a self-taught creative. Creativity has been a way of life for as long as I can remember, expressed through drawing, interior decorating, graphic design, acrylic painting, repurposing furniture, jewelry making, and whatever else I could find to quench my thirst to recreate, reinvent, and revolutionize.

My current focus is watercolor and gouache, working in gestural abstraction with a minimalist approach. I build paintings through a special scraping technique on dry paper, using water, brush, palette knife, and air to move paint across the surface. I love to blend and combine colors, creating my own hues and palette.

I also created a now-complete body of work on wood panels using Unicorn SPiT gel stains applied directly with my bare hands — a rare technique producing luminous, one-of-a-kind results. My work in this medium was featured in The Official Unicorn SPiT User's Handbook (Rocky Nook, 2021). These original pieces are available to collectors.

I have taken continuing education courses in drawing and watercolor and continue to develop my techniques through study and close observation of other artists.

2024 — Deanna Gibson Art, "Glorious Point," Joliet IL
2023 — Al Larsen Prairie Center for the Arts, Solo Exhibition, Schaumburg IL
2023 — GreenFields of Geneva, Solo Exhibition, Geneva IL
2023 — 116 Gallery, "Rhythm, Color & Movement: Seeing The Music," St. Charles IL
2023 — Norris Cultural Arts Center, "Watercolor 2023," St. Charles IL
2022 — 116 Gallery, "The Artistry of Beauty," St. Charles IL
2022 — National Watercolor Society 102nd International Open Exhibition
2022 Norris Cultural Arts Center - “Watercolor 2022”
2022 Chicago Alliance of visual Artists (CAVA) - “Small Wonders”
2022 The Art Center Highland Park - “Abstraction”
2021 — Featured artist, The Official Unicorn SPiT User's Handbook, Rocky Nook Publishing
2021 Art On The Fox, Algonquin, IL
2019 — One of a Kind Spring Show, Chicago Merchandise MART

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