If These Walls Could Talk

2020. 6’ 7” X 2’ 8” X 7”.

ACRYLIC ON SALVAGED DOORS.

A series investigating our mental well-being as it’s forced to cope and understand a life that reflects a sense of disquietude, of alienation even, during this ongoing pandemic.
This series is a direct response to Covid-19 and self-isolating in my childhood home.

Flourish at Ladew Topiary Gardens and Manor House

While exploring Ladew Topiary Garden’s 22 acres of gardens and the historic Manor House, sculptor-in-residence, Laura Amussen found herself reminded of Mother Nature’s unwieldy propensity to consume abandoned or unattended structures and objects. In the Oval Library, a single sprig of ivy creeps through a grate on the floor. Visible through the window—just beyond the threshold—the ivy blankets the ground. Its presence threatening to overtake the inlaid drop-leaf gaming table and side chairs before making its way to the oval partner’s desk.

American Visionary Art Museum

I've been so very fortunate to have participated in two shows at the American Visionary Art Museum:  THE ART OF STORYTELLING: Lies, Enchantment, Humor & Truth and The Great Mystery Show. AVAM is one of my favorite parts of Baltimore, and has been instrumental in my development as an artist. 

Small Stories and Other Stories

Small Stories and Other Stories, a solo show at the Hamilton Gallery, collected over 80 dioramas that illustrated multiple storylines and themes. 

My favorite is the story of the widower tailor, which appears in the manlte clock. He discovers that if one looks through the handles of scissors previously owned by other widowed tailors/cloth merchants/seamstresses on the 13th day of the 13th month during a full moon, one can see into the Land of the Dead. He's collected many such scissors, and some of these appeared on the wall next to the clock in the gallery. 

Scarred

96 X 115 X 3”

USED SALAD CUPS, THREAD.

A visual statement addressing the controversial topic of eating disorders in today’s society, as well as the internal and external damage they cause.

In Search of Cut Roots

cadmium yellow pigment, yellow ochre pigment, mars red pigment, indigo pigment
helium balloons, ribbon, paper
magazines, cardboard, tissue paper, rice paper
glass jars, glass pipe, Fronto, Game Leaf, tobacco, wrappers
Nikki's yarn, Grammy's thread, Jean's thread, Grandma’s thread, store-bought thread, e-bay thread, e-bay
used Sparklers, unresolved paintings

                                                                                                                  clothes hangers

black wrap, drum heads, oil paint 

Love Sonnets from Shakespeare to Baltimore, 2019 - 2023

Love Sonnets from Shakespeare to Baltimore is a project using  Shakespeare's sonnets, recycled wedding dresses, quilts and original printmaking to create finely crafted couture art books. The primary inspiration for this project is literary: Suzanne is fascinated by the fourteen-line structure of  Shakespearean sonnets. Composed of three quatrains and a couplet, the poems are structured like logical arguments about emotions influenced by love and hate. 

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