Susanne Leutenegger

Susanne

pine cone of eternal wisdom murmuring
28 x 20 cm, 2020
acrylics, oils on Fabriano paper

Susanne

sediment of green ice and cold fire
27 x 20 cm, 2020
acrylics, oils, wax pastels on Fabriano paper

Susanne

Cone
18,5 x 13 cm, 2020
acrylics, wax pastels on photographic paper

Susanne

calm pebble smoothened by glaciers
10 x 15 cm, 2020
acrylics, wax pastels on photographic paper

Susanne

Pebble, ankle-deep in a river bed
13 x 18,5 cm, 2020
acrylics, wax pastels on photographic paper

Susanne

safely tucked in
20 x 22 cm, 2020
acrylics, oils, wax pastels, chalk pastels on Fabriano paper

Susanne

Spumante
18,5 x 22 cm, 2020
acrylics, Oils, wax pastels on Hahnemuehle paper

Susanne

finch
18,5 x 22 cm, 2020
acrylics, oils, wax pastels on Hahnemuehle paper

Susanne

green earthling
21,5 x 21 cm, 2020
acrylics with marble dust, wax pastels on handmade print on Hahnemuehle paper

Susanne

Cauldron
22 x 10 cm, 2020
acrylics, wax pastels on Fabriano paper

Susanne

Trefoil – an ancient rhyme
44 x 45 cm, 2020
acrylics, homemade pastels on canvas

Susanne

forever curving planes
27 x 41 cm, 2020
acrylics, oils on canvas

Susanne

ribboned pillar
28 x 16 cm, 2020
acrylics, oils on Fabriano paper

Susanne

Pedestal
22 x 10 cm, 2020
acrylics, oils on Fabriano paper



Susanne's biography

Painting is a process of “making” for me.
There is a variety of materials and experimenting with different approaches; mixing pigments with earth, plaster or marble dust, rolling and embossing clay, carving, cutting and reassembling pieces of paintings on paper, squeezing and trailing paint. There is a physicality and a playfulness to this making through which I aim to express inner states of being.
A painting can be a glimpse of life in movement, like the moment when a plant that has turned inwards is ready to unfurl outwards.
I wonder how a state of balance can be achieved when I try to capture and keep fluidity of movement so that it may hold the shape and bravely face into the wind.
I let colours intuitively spread their wings and sing a song which is energetic and patient, lucid and brave, dreamy and opaque. My art is about moments of life in motion.

In recent years Susanne has established herself as a Feldenkrais teacher, and awareness of movement flows into her artistic practice. More on Susanne and Feldenkraiscork

Susanne was born in Switzerland and graduated, with distinction, from the Crawford College of Art in Cork in 1987. She then established herself as an artist and co-founder of an artists’ collective in Oldenburg, North Germany. She taught Colour Theory and Drawing at Oldenburg University and at Oldenburg Institute of Technology, and returned to Cork in 1994.
She is a co-founder of Arthaven Gallery, a member of Backwater Artists Studios, and serves on Backwater’s Board of Directors. She also teaches art, including a course on ‘How to draw on the right side of the brain’.
Over the years her art work has received international recognition, has been exhibited and is in art collections in Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy.

Her most recent one person exhibition was in Berlin (2017).
Susanne works from her studio in the Backwater Artists Group in Cork city.

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