Artist Statement

Three themes have played throughout Suzanne Parker’s life informing her work art: humor, process, and food.  She uses humor to cope with adversity, to make social connections, express her ideas, and when necessary, as a weapon. She cycles between abstract and representational, sometimes blurring the boundaries.

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She has always been attracted to process, taking up various artisanal pursuits including fiber arts, stained glass, and mosaic. She often incorporates acrylic photo transfers in her work as a form of pseudo encaustic.  She loves to play with new materials and techniques, mixing and matching and pushing the boundaries of how they can be used.

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Food is both an act of crafting for her and a more intellectual activity expressed in her food writing, but always done with humor.

 
She began unconsciously, and later with intent, to incorporate these aspects of herself into her artwork.  She aspires to have her art be part of the visual tradition of satire and social commentary. She employs a spectrum of materials and techniques. She gravitates towards reclaimed discards of nature and humans which also represent how humans have used, and more often than not, abused nature.  If there is an opportunity to include food, she’ll never pass it up.