susan venable studio

Although Susan Venable's hands are the adept tools of a master artisan, the spirit and intellectual rigor of her work reveal that both her heart and her head owe their first allegiance to the fine arts. Working mostly with rigid steel and thousands of copper wires, her ideas transform the materials into emotional and serene wall reliefs. They skirt the edge of minimalism and textural complexity. Today, she is well known for her highly distinctive, multi-dimensional work, elegantly poised somewhere between painting and sculpture.