Suzanne Saul

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Suzanne Saul was born in a small Oklahoma town. Afterreceiving her BA in art, she moved to California to teach in the Glendale School District. She continued her education at California State University at Los Angles, where she earned her MA degree.

She is now working full-time on her career as a painter, and showing her paintings and mixed media pieces, locally, as well as nationally. Suzanne’s work addresses environmental and social issues.

As an artist, my medias include oil painting, digital photography and mixed media sculpture. I select my media according to what statement I want to convey.

The imagery I choose is related to my environmental concerns, or to my desire to comment on current social issues. Images of dollar bills or other foreign currency are often used throughout my work. Money is a driving force in both government and our everyday lives, and affects many decisions we make. It brings power to people and government, but can be destructive to both. Environmental damage to our planet is often a result of greed and over consumption. I try to engender awareness of these forces through my art pieces.

In reference to Eating Crow (The Politician), when one hears the expression, “eating crow,” the phrase is usually uttered because someone has committed a serious error, made a statement in which they are so sure of being correct. When they are found to be in error, they are humiliated and must “eat their own words.” The crow is a carnivore and is assumed to be extremely distasteful, so the experience is equated to the anguish of being forced to admit one’s fallibility. Thus this crow is dark, heavily textured and a metaphor of this experience.

Solo Exhibitions:

1972 Swain’s, Glendale CA

1971 Masters Exhibit, CSULA.

Group Exhibitions

2008 Featured artists, (Husband and myself), The Fine Arts Club of Pasadena , Cal Tech

2008 Endangered Species, The Folk Tree, Pasadena CA

2008 Anything Goes, The Folk Tree, Pasadena CA

2007; 2008 Pasadena Society of Artists Juried Exhibition, Whites’ Art, Montrose CA, Award Of Merit

2007 PSA 82^nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Viva Gallery, Sherman Oaks CA, Beverly Girvigian Mem. Award,

2007 ArtWalk, Pasadena Playhouse District, Pasadena CA

2007 “Global Warming”, Orange County Center Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

2007 Two Dogs Gallery, North Hollywood CA

2007 Group Show, Brenart, Pasadena CA

2006 PSA 81st Annual Juried Exhibition, Viva Gallery, Sherman Oaks CA, Award Of Merit

2006 S.C.O.R.E. Valley Institute of Visual Art, Viva Gallery, Sherman Oaks CA

1996 Brand XXVI, Brand Art Library, Glendale, CA

1993 “Depayser,” SITE Juried Members’ Exhibition

1987 “Directions,” Art Educators/LA and University of Southern CA, the Harbor College Faculty Award.

1985 “Directions,” Art Educators of Los Angeles and USC School of Fine Arts,

USC Gallery, Los Angeles CA, (2nd Place Award)

1982 Brand XII, Brand Art Library, Glendale CA

1981 Brand XI, Brand Art Library, Glendale CA

1978 Self-Help Graphics, Galeria Otra Vez, Los Angeles CA

1978 Whites’ Gallery, Montrose CA

1975 “Women USA.” Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA

1975 Triforium Gallery, San Diego CA

1972 Swains, Glendale CA

1972 CSULA Alumni Art Show, Los Angeles C

1972 Small Image Gallery, (3 artists featured), Glendale CA

* None of the artworks may be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Artist