Artist’s Statement

“I imagine a landscape, or object, and what it would look taken down to its basic components, or molecular level. Everything I paint still has some sort of science to it – whether it is a technique, or the thought of a scientific process that allows the function of that natural element. These dissected thoughts translate into the backgrounds, and sometimes as a main component of my paintings. I find the marriage of science and the beauty of nature most challenging to paint, but also makes for the most interesting pieces. I take more time to complete my paintings, because of autoimmune diseases. Ultimately, put my joys, love, thoughts, pain, and experiences onto my substrates. I always hope the viewer finds awe and sees a hope in all my works.”
-Suzanne Winslow Hellums

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Triptych of Flowers

Painted with fluid acrylics on birch wood panels. Once cured, these pieces will have an isolation coat and several varnish coats or, I may varnish with resin or wax. I cannot decide!

Copyright Suzanne W. Hellums 2017

I tried scanning these into my computer and wouldn’t you know, there are spots under the glass…so they don’t translate the same. So you can see what I am talking about, here is how one turned out:

Copyright Suzanne W. Hellums

Tetraptych

This is to show how left-over paint can make beautiful art, too! My friend and neighbor, Julia, brought little canvases over and I made this tetraptych set for her:

Fluid Acrylic Painting Inspired by Axons/Neurons

9″ x 12″ wrapped canvas with black, white, gray, and light blue.

Contact suzanne@hellums.net for more details.

Copyright Suzanne Hellums

If I could put the chronic pain process on canvas, this painting would represent part of that synapse!

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Suzanne Hellums

Good Intentions •2017

This 12″ x 16″ x 1.5″ painting is created from multiple layers of mixed media and acrylic paint. It’s under coat has ceramic stucco and glass bead medium. The very top layer (white) has gold flakes, that add additional textural interest. It is sealed with an isolation coat and glazed multiple times. It now has a home with a neighbor, who loves art! Her house is practically an art gallery!

 Copyright by Suzanne Hellums