Sue Hawley - CV

Sue Hawley is self-described as an artist, happy wife, Canadian, rural property owner, environmentalist and optimist with a burgeoning awareness of global responsibility.

Working in 2 dimensional mixed media relief, Sue finds her abstract images from deep within herself. Most pieces are started on a wood support and from there are built up texturally with acrylic paints, cloth, paper, wire, plaster and the list goes on as she experiments.

‘Impressions of Metal’ represent a personal abstract vision of metal that began in 1993 when she spent time in Bosnia . A catalogue of mental image relating to war began and of specific interest to her was the effect of great force on metal. This metaphor of war became an avenue to explore images and issues that she has never been able to resolve. In the past 10 years ‘Impressions of Metal’ have evolved to a current theme of ‘Life Changes’.

This year has been full of life changes for Sue, the biggest being retirement from the Canadian Military after 21 years of service. Being such a milestone, she has been spending time reviewing her life and her most recent work incorporates this. Sue is looking for metaphors to represent new beginnings and emerging ideas for a better world.