Susan Fraser-Hughes

Solitude.  Darkness.  A barely perceptible light defining form.  Silence.  All senses alert. 

At dawn and at dusk, there are moments when everything appears in transition, caught between the then, the now, the goings and the comings.  From within the shadows of darkness is light and with light, the emergence of form.  For brief moments, abstraction plays with reality. 

As an artist, I seek to capture  transitional fragments of time such as these, moments of nothing, yet everything is happening.  My work is based upon my sensory response to experience.  I respond to experiences that fill me with awe and wonder: to ancient ruins, to old churches, to stormy and calm seas, to dark nights and early dawns.  I am drawn by the intangible allure, of places, of nature and of history. 

I explore process in my work to capture my sensory response to these experiences.  The soft, sensual qualities of charcoal on mylar have a richness I am unable to attain with any other medium.