October 2022

I’m SO excited to be selected as a finalist in this year’s Paddington Art Prize!!!
I’m really honoured that they have chosen my painting of a power pole to show in a landscape award. 

I do like looking up. I spend a lot of time doing that, for many reasons (of which there are more and more these days of very challenging times!), but I digress…
Wires with blue sky beyond… look at them, to me they are visually a bit like a man-made tree, lacework maybe, or a tangled web.
I found out that no two are the same, like snowflakes or fingerprints.
They look like technology from a time long gone, yet they actually work to keep us connected most of the time.
They are dangerous when they fall over, so ultimately they will disappear to be replaced by underground wires (a much safer option),
but for now – I’m interested in those old weathered timber poles, and the newer green treated ones as well, and the way the light catches the wires creating some interesting patterns in the sky, a little like small branches of a tree!
I don’t expect to win at all – but I’m so excited just to be hung alongside over 50 talented artists!

UPDATE! I received Highly Commended!!!!

 

My solo exhibition “Just Look Up! is alive & kicking – right now – at the New England Regional Art Museum!

Suzy King is an established painter who is drawn to the oft unnoticed delights and beauty of what lies above
the everyday sightlines of the built environment. King urges us to raise our gaze and take in the architectural facades,
the juxtaposition of blue skies and rooflines,the patina of history revealed in layers of peeling paint.
The works in Just look Up!: An exhibition of observations above and beyond around the New England were created from the residency
King undertook at NERAM,and are a warm, appreciative view of surprising elements from around the region.” — NERAM September 2022

I sent the paintings to the gallery for installation, but I couldn’t be there until the day before the opening.
When I saw the work on the walls I was blown away by the hang! The walls are dark, the lighting is superb, and work looks amazing!
A HUGE thank you to NERAM, especially Belinda Hungerford for your support in curating the exhibition, and the team at NERAM for a wonderful opening.
It’s a beautiful (big) gallery with much to see as exhibitions run in parallel, a good thing (if you don’t like my work, there will be something you like!).

Just Look Up!
30 September – 6 November 2022
New England Regional Art Museum