ARTIST'S STATEMENT:

For me, art is a searching process. Once I am drawn to an image I will begin a lengthy investigation which may take shifting and changing paths. It is this deep exploration which allows me to deal with the complexities of seeing.

I try to invent shapes, rhythmical structures and color conversations which will bring out the poetic rather than the purely literal elements in the subject. And, in this process, I strive to combine personal expression and insight with real observation and abstraction.

EDUCATION:

B.A. Art, Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont, 1988; Columbia University, Russian literature and Art studies, New York, 1966-68; Boston Museum Fine Arts School, Boston, MA , 1963-1964

AWARDS:

• Scholarship, Vermont Studio School, Johnson, Vermont, 1988
• Best in Show, 47th Annual Juried Show, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, 2004

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

• Gibbs Library, Washington, ME, 2001
• Eliza Sweet Gallery, Waldoboro, ME, 1998
• Le Va Tout Gallery, Waldoboro, ME, 1994
• Franciska Needham Gallery, Damariscotta, ME, 1992
• Harlow Gallery, Kennebec Valley Arts Association, Hallowell, ME 1989
• College Hall Art Center, Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont, 1987
• Franciska Needham Gallery, Damariscotta, ME 1985
• Christine York Gallery, Augusta, ME, 1984
• Waldoboro Art Gallery, Waldoboro, ME, 1982

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS,GALLREY EXHIBITIONS AND INVITATIONALS:

• Contemporary Women, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME, 2004
• 47th Annual Juried Show, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME, 2004
• Encounters and Reflections, Downtown Gallery, Washington, ME 2002
• Le Va Tout Gallery, Waldoboro, ME, 1992
• Figure Exhibition Invitational, Midcoast Maine, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME 1991
• 34th Annual Juried Summer Exhibition, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME, 1991
• Images of Maine, Wyomissing Institute of Fine Arts, Wyomissing, PA, 1990
• Social Concerns in America, Franciska Needham Gallery, Damariscotta, ME, 1989
• Bank of Artists, Franciska Needham Gallery, Damariscotta, ME, 1988
• Celebrating Living Artists, Franciska Needham Gallery, Damariscotta, ME, 1986
• Annual Juried Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME, 1984
• 26th Juried Show, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME,1983
• Spectra II (Juried Show), Carnegie Gallery, Universty of Maine, Orono, ME, 1982
• Spectra I (Juried Show), Westbrook College, Portland, ME, 1979

All images © Suzanne Phillips