| ARTIST STATEMENT Born in Oregon, traveled the world via Pan Am, Sue lived in Miami, New York, San Francisco and Seattle for a time. She lived in Breckenridge in the Colorado Mountains for many years, then the Arizona desert and now in the Texas Hill Country. She normally paints from her memories and thoughts and all the places she has lived and visited have a significant effect on her work. Sue is a professional artist, working in acrylics, oils and watercolor. She studied foreign languages and fine art at both the University of Oregon and Arizona State University. She has attended many workshops some of her favorites, Millard Sheets, Glen Bradshaw, Robert Wood and Skip Lawrence. An avid studio painter and instructor, Sue is a signature member of the Texas Watercolor Society and has won many awards in other juried competitions. She says, " Painting is the product of my life experiences. I paint what I am, what I believe in and care about and sometimes what tickles my funny bone. For many years I have been painting only from my memories and feelings so my works tell the stories of places lived and visited, thus the water, palm trees, bright colors with a little added punch here and there. I am a semi-abstract, sometimes abstract painter with a style that is sometimes hard to define. Normally I paint in a series. Some are of a more serious nature and in others; I try to take the viewer into a world full of fun and whimsy. Sometime my sense of humor gets the best of me. If it makes me smile and feels "right", then I know the piece is done. What a great adventure!" |
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EDUCATION University of Oregon, Studies Fine Art, Foreign Languages: Arizona State University, Studies BFA Fine Art WORKSHOPS: Millard Sheets 1979, Tom Hill 1983, Glen Bradshaw 1986, Robert Wood 1995, Skip Lawrence 2008 TEACHING: Central Arizona College, Beginning and Intermediate Oil and Watercolor: Framer's Gallery, Georgetown, Acrylics Private Classes and Workshops in Composition/Design and Color |
| JURIED EXHIBITIONS, SHOWS, AWARDS
(only juried-in exhibits shown below 2010 March, Became member of Capitol Arts Society, Austin, TX 2010 "Imagine" RRAAC exhibit at Texas State University 2 paintings 1 oil, 1 acrylic in 2009 5 person Group Show, Georgetown Public Library "Mixing it Up" 2009 Waterloo Watercolor Society Fall Exhibit Juried 2009 Georgetown Art Hop 2009 Juried Exhibition, First Place 2009, Texas Watercolor Society 60th National Exhibit, Juror Pat Dews 2009, Round Rock Arts Council, Permanent Display Texas State University 2008, Waterloo Watercolor Society, Fall Exhibit, First Place + Merit Award, Juror Christopher Schink 2008, Waterloo Watercolor Society, Spring Exhibit, Third Place. Juror Skip Lawrence 2008, Texas Watercolor Society 59th National Exhibit, Merit Award, Traveling Exhibit, Jeannie Dobie juror, Signature Membership in TWS 2008, Solo Show, Framer’s Gallery, Georgetown, TX 2008, Georgetown Art Works, Art Hop, 2007-2008 Williamson County Art Guild, Board of Directors 2007-09 Framer’s Gallery, Georgetown 2006, One Man Show, Common Grounds, Round Rock Texas 2006, Arizona Artist Guild, 1 Oil, Honorable Mention 2005, Arizona Watercolor Assn, Juried Spring Show, 2 accepted, 1 merit award 2004, Arizona Artist Guild Annual Juried, 2 Oils, 1 Mixed media 1st Place 2003-2004, Artemisia Gallery, Sedona, AZ 2003, Design Layouts “World at One” 2002, Sedona Art Center Juried Exhibition, 2 acrylics 2002, Northern Arizona Watercolor Assn. Award of Excellence, juror Pat Dews 2001 Arizona Watercolor Association National Juried Show, Merchants Award, Traveling Exhibition for Arizona Commission on the Arts 2002, Award NAU Library, Casein on Rice paper 2001, Coconino Arts Center Juried Annual Show, First Place Acrylic 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 juried into spring and Fall Arizona Watercolor Assn Exhibits Won, 2 Merit Awards, 1 Honorable mentions and one 2nd Place 1996 Two-Man Show, Casa Grande, AZ “Recent Works, Phyllis Wagonner and Sue Nosler Gray” 1995. CG Rein Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 1993, Seven Man Show, “The Seven” Central Arizona College 1993, Casa Grande Art Museum Annual, “Best of Show” 1992, Arizona State Fair, 1 oil, 1 watercolor, 2nd place watercolor 1991, Arizona State Fair, 2nd place oil 1988 Arizona Watercolor Assn Fall Juried, Honorable Mention 1987, Arizona Watercolor Assn. Spring Juried, Merit Award 1980, Gallery A, Taos, NM 1983, Tombstone Annual Art Exhibition, “Best of Show” 1982, Tombstone Annual Art Exhibition, “Best of Show” 1981, Tombstone Annual Art Exhibition, 1st oil, 2nd watercolor 1978, Oregon Watercolor Society, 2nd place
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