| Susan Mayer Green Apple art |
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| Contact: susanmayer@mchsi.com |
| Artist's Statement "I like to think outside the box. I LOVE to dismantle the discarded wooden box and give it a second life as I create. My pieces are usually nature inspired and almost always whimsical. I take great joy in seeing the smiles on peoples faces when they look at my work. I can often sense the wheels turning in their heads. I believe that in art, as in life, it's all a matter of how you look at it. For me it's not rust, it's patina." |
| Bio: I was born in California, moved to Pensacola Beach and eventually Gulf Breeze. I have lived in the same house in Gulf Breeze for 25 years and made a career in medical transcription for longer than that. I live with my husband, David, and four cats (which is a far cry from the five teenagers and ten dogs I had when David and I met in 1999). I have no formal art training, but have always been able to see potential in what others quickly discard. What started early on as a way of being creative on a tight budget - eventually became a way of life. I suppose I was reusing, repurposing and recycling before it was cool. I started creating my art assemblages 3-4 years ago - wanting and needing to work on smaller scale pieces. In 2011, I promised myself I would take that creativity off the back burner. I am so fortunate to have the wonderful support of my family and friends - most of whom delight in bringing me all things broken and rusted for me to recreate. |