You are cordially invited to the new exhibition, Susan Brearey: Elemental Images, reception for the artist and book launch – Saturday April 2, 4-6pm, C.X. Silver Gallery, 814 Western Avenue, Brattleboro, VT (802) 257-7898. Exhibition open daily by appointment. cxsilvergallery.com/susan-brearey.
Publication: magcloud.com/browse/issue/1074182 (preview button is just under cover image).
Sue is known for her unique, iconic, totemic, and primal depiction of creatures of the wild: “I make images that reflect the ways in which I have seen wild animals in both their natural habitats and human-imposed frameworks. I am often struck by the fleeting instant of a deer running into view or by the powerful presence of a bear or moose whose terrain I have wandered near.
Through these fortunate encounters I begin to understand the often unseen parts of the world. I am inspired by the peace, beauty and solitude I find in wilderness areas, studying and observing the habitats, plants and creatures with whom we share the planet. At the same time, I know that wilderness in this country is nearly a fiction. All wilderness is managed and bound by our activities. Power and telephone lines, poles, fences and cell towers are everywhere, especially in rural America. I am interested in the visual tensions created by this never-ending stream of interruptions in the contemporary rural landscape. For me, these interruptions are symbolic of a fragmented landscape.”
