Su Knoll Horty
Color Pops 18, 2016
Oil on canvas
16" x 20"

Artist Statement

The sensation of color, the lushness of oil paints, the thrill of creating, and the surprise of abstraction are what drive me to paint--Add drama to the canvas, and I'm hooked!
At the inception of my paintings, I select colors inspired by nature, random places, or other artists' paintings, whatever catches my eye, stirs my curiosity, or challenges me.
I explore fluidity, in all its measures: organic form, undulating movement, saturated 'liquid' color, and stylized gestural marks. It's through this fluidity that I find color to be most expressive. Color relationships are very important to me, as are tonal variations. I place color next to color, with the goal of finding just the right combination so that each will make the other shine, or as in this series, "Pop!"

Artist Bio

In 2012, Su completed the CE Core Curriculum Program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Pafa). Su continues to study with Abstract teachers, Kassem Amoudi, and various instructors at The Art Students League of New York. Su has been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Wild Roof Journal, The Woven Tale Press, as well as being interviewed on ArtWatch and Morning Edition radio.
Su is a member of The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Su is also a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club where she received two Honorable Mention awards for her entries in the Absolutely Abstract shows, in 2012 and 2013, as well as being a juror in the 2015 Absolutely Abstract show.
Su exhibits regularly and has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows.

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