SUE LUXTON SWAc

Sue Luxton has been living in the West Country for many years. She completed a Degree in Illustration at UWE and has been painting and exhibiting  for the last twenty years or so.  

 

Currently her paintings can be seen at the "Steam Gallery" in Beer, Devon.(www.marinehouse.co.uk) and with the South West Academy. (southwestacademy.org.uk.)

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"Drawing has always been my first love and I continue to explore the intricacies of painting. However  I am happily settled into how I gather subjects for a painting . Like most artists I fill endless sketch books with pen and ink drawings, bits of paper and scribbled notes.  If I am away from home at the end of the day I settle down with my drawings, ancient watercolour box and a glass of wine  and as I say "colour them in". When I return home to the studio I don't look at the drawings for months or until I can see the images afresh."

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When  I first arrived in Somerset  I attended some of the workshops run by Jean Rees RWA. I didn't realise at the time what a guiding light she would be. Jean gave me the desire to break away from an over fussy, ho hum approach to painting .

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Nowadays I include more figures in my paintings, adding a narrative. I regard painting as problem solving, finding the drawing that makes my heart leap and trying to develop it into an unattainable composition of harmonious shapes and colour."

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Sue Luxton

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