SUE McMULLEN BA ARAS ASAI
Sue McMullen is an acclaimed British freelance Fine Artist whose biography is in the “WHO’S WHO IN ART,” the “DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY,” and the “WORLD’S WHO’S WHO OF WOMEN.” She is recognised to be one of “Britain’s leading artists.”
As I have grown older, I have decided to put all of my remaining artwork up for sale on Etsy. I will later need an auction. This website cannot be a comprehensive list of all the art I have produced over many years.
suemcmullen48@gmail.com
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Sue’s various sizes of oil paintings, A1 pen and ink drawings, and the mixed-media work of etching, watercolour, and gouache, are famous for their atmospheric qualities, attention to detail, and sense of Form. Sue McMullen’s work has been featured in over 75 Exhibitions. It has sold internationally, particularly to the United States of America, as well as to nationally recognized markets in Europe, Australasia, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, and China.
The motivation behind her distinctive atmospheric work is symbolism. Boats, trees, and buildings are all portrayed as symbols of the “Self”. Tension is coterminous with life depicted in the paradox of light and dark, and joy and sorrow, portrayed in the prose Kahlil Gibran’s book “The Prophet”.
AIM/TECHNIQUES
Sue is drawn to the light, and all that is immersed in the fleeting shadows created by the movement of air, sun, and water. Grey/brown staining forms the foundation of her paintings, which is used as part of the image, working with it through to the light from the dark. Etchings were printed in sepia, being used as an innovative mixed media technique, inclusive of watercolour and gouache. Drawing is the foundation of all her work, and she has also focused on detailed, large pen and ink drawings.
Buildings became a symbol of the inherent connectedness within life. They became a way to port, and she saw the city’s Victorian buildings’ intrinsic beauty. “Why, it’s a looking-glass book, of course! as Alice realized.” The paintings of people with their urban environment revealed gratitude as the solitary embraced the community. Now people inhabited Sue’s streets. This had never been one before!
Trees enthralled by their intrinsic beauty, enmeshed in the movement of an autumn afternoon breeze, and resident within the profound shadow created by the transitory sun. The trees were enveloped by the dappled touch of the penetrating, iridescent light portrayed as coming from the East. The blue light is a symbol that, despite all experiences to the contrary, this life is about light. The tree paintings were influenced by Arthur Rackham’s atmospheric illustrations of a partially hidden world that belongs to the child.
Water and boats were a part of Sue’s childhood growing up in a city with the sea at its heart. In the little harbours, groups of rowing boats huddled together in the late afternoon, waiting for the morning tide, with the rippling waves touched with a kaleidoscope of fleeting light.
Clowns express the roller coaster of emotions that is embedded in the wilderness of life.
5% of every painting sold will go to Charity.
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