Susi Schuele
Carpentersville, IL
Susi Schuele paints minimalist abstract landscape paintings on paper and cards with watercolors, gouache, inks, stains.
Message
Susi Schuele is an award winning abstract artist creating in her home studio. Raised in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, she now lives in Carpentersville, Illinois with her husband, Chuck and her very spoiled dogs and studio mates, Stardust and Luna. She recently moved back to Illinois after a 16 year residence in Lisbon, Wisconsin.
After a long career in technology, graphic design and web design, she found her “Second Touch” from God and has been creating original abstract art paintings since 2015.
Upon returning to Illinois, Susi has become involved with several associations and galleries in the Fox Valley area of the Chicago suburbs. In 2022, Susi's painting "Drive" was given an "Award of Excellence" at the Norris Cultural Arts "Watercolor 2022" Exhibition and she is currently a featured artist with Camelback Gallery, an online international gallery. Susi is the current spotlighted artist in the publication Fox Valley ArtBEAT and was recently selected as a finalist in the "Splash 2022" Watercolor Competition for her painting "Anesthetize" which will be published in Artists Magazine in July 2023.
Susi has exhibited in 30+ venues in the Midwest, including various prestigious exhibitions for abstract and contemporary art such as the the Norris Cultural Arts Center in St. Charles, IL, the One of a Kind Spring Art Show Fine Art Gallery in Chicago, IL in 2018 and 2019, the St. Charles Fine Art Show and Chicago's Gold Coast Art Fair. She has recently opened a space at The Painted Tree in Lake Zurich, IL where she offers smaller art items and prints.
Statement
I am an empath. Words cannot describe my art. Stories do. I tell my stories through abstract landscape paintings inspired by my life events, my imagination, inspirational quotes, scripture and music.
Gestural abstraction is my chosen discipline because of the freedom I feel painting loosely. Texture and color weave their way through pools of water and become my release from high anxiety. My technique is a minimalist approach to watercolor and gouache painting. I scrape paint across a strip of dry paper and use water, brush, palette knife or air to move the paint.
Abstract brings my world and your world together by allowing each individual to see and feel their own story through mine. Primary emotions of a color-infused visual are followed with secondary emotions of music or remembering the lyrics from select pieces’ carefully researched song titles. I hope my art connects you to a memory in your head and heart each time you view it.