Susan Fraser-Hughes

There is a moment at dawn, when everything appears in transition, caught between the then, the now, the going and the coming. From within the shadows of darkness comes light and with light the emergence of form. For a just a brief moment, abstraction plays with reality. As an artist, I seek to capture transitional fragments of time such as these, moments when nothing, yet everything is happening.

Two significant elements recur in my work: experimental exploration of materials and processes, and sequential repetition of images. I work with two types of mediums, those over which I have relative control, and those that essentially assume control once I have relinquished possession. All work is created in series. Each piece within a series is designed to act as its own entity. They are also designed to operate conjunctively with pieces on either side.

My current work explores the notion of glances, the brief, hurried looks we take as we survey a particular object or scene. In the small works on metal and the larger works on mylar, I have taken a singular image and repeated it in numerous ways. Each portrayal is designed to present the viewer with only a fragment of information. To gain the full picture, viewers must look at the collective group in its entirety.

Sentinel 1 - 2006
charcoal on mylar, 61 cm x 61 cm