by Susan Ashworth.
Blank inside.
Dimensions: 10.5 x 15 cm.
Born on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, Susan Ashworth now lives and paints in the Sussex harbour town of Newhaven. “I have always made my home in ‘well-used’ coastal places of industry,” she explains. “I like the edges of things; the changing light; the space of the coast and the sea. And one way or another all this has had its effect on my work.” In her painting, Susan says, she is seeking to “catch things at the moment of appearance” and to “create an emotional pull to the fleeting illumination of lone objects against shadow”. She does both admirably, exploring her compositions first with digital photography, sketch and collage, before working in oil on board; a medium she loves, for how it “pours, stains, glows, solidifies and dries. I love its history, its vigour and its tricks.”
Susan's work is shown at Atelier Beside the Sea as part of The Nature of Things exhibition.