Susan Bennett

Untitled Relief - Mixed Media - 7.5x7.5x1.5 inches	Wind - stainless steel - 20x24x6 inch approx
Knot Bombs - Steel - 3 inch diameter each - 2007

Artist Statement

Placed in frames, the landscape is viewed as an object, a substitute for the viewer's perception of reality. Totemic and ritual symbols of non-human spirits, dreams, and myths have in time, been weeded out of our consciousness. We are fortunate to encounter remnants of these instinctive and intuitive experiences.

On an early evening a few days before my Monhegan residency ended, I walked to Lobster Cove. It was a beautiful evening with the sun shining through a warm moist wind. I found a seat on the rocks a short distance from the ocean swells just beyond me. I mixed up a batch of paint and water that looked and felt like mud. I painted on paper, placing the sheets of paper over the rocks to dry. While the paint was drying, the sun was touching the edge of the water, turning red, edging the clouds with purple. I washed my feet and hands with the leftover water from my jug and knew in that moment, I would hold this memory forever.

Artist Bio

Susan Bennett is a University of Southern Maine graduate. Her work has been included in juried shows in New York, Santa Fe, Boston, and Rockport, Maine. In 2009 she exhibited her work at USM in Portland and with the New England Sculptors in Boston.

Susan Bennett
PO Box 11561
Portland, Maine 04104
sbennett.sculpture@gmail.com