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| | 2 Lips Art & Design philosophy A fashion lover since high school, Sue has been a poster child for cosmetics and animal prints for many years. Recently, this passion has fueled another adventure—2 Lips Art & Design. Blending fashion and wit, Sue has created designs for the woman who loves life, leopard and lipstick. Because life is too short to be lived without style. | | | | Fine Art Statement |
Cezanne once said that you can draw an apple or a head and it isn't about the apple or the head - it's all about line and color. A life long illustrator, I was inspired by another colored pencil artist to create my own still life in 2000. My greatest joy is working with line and multiple layers of brilliant color to create the illusion of three dimensions on a two dimensional surface.
This has allowed me to explore and test my skills as a photorealistic artist. Although the items for a still life are usually selected for their reflective qualities or texture; crystal, pewter and satin, quite subconsciously I choose objects that have deep emotional significance in my life - a goblet I inherited from a grandmother, a tablecloth I received as a wedding gift, etc., even the flowers themselves were given to me to celebrate a special occasion. When the piece is finished, it becomes a sort of biography.
When I look at the hectic pace of my family life, I realize, I am creating work to inspire visual tranquility - the creative process itself into which I retreat, and the final product - both are a spiritual journey for me.
I work primarily in colored pencil, which elicits surprise when anyone asks. It allows tight control with attention to minute detail, but it is extremely time-consuming and each painting can take more than a month to complete. The layers of color eventually blend together to create a painterly effect. | | | Biography Susan Tait Porcaro was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the 4th of 5 children, and drew everything she could get her hands on from day one. After returning from the UK (1975-78) she finished up at Lawrence High school, and went on to Chamberlayne School of Design and UMass Lowell. She taught art at her former high school for 1 year, then illustrated for an advertising agency in Andover, MA before moving to Connecticut in 1988. In 1988 she began working for G.Fox in the advertising department, first as a layout artist, then art director. In 1994 Sue began her illustration career anew at the Channing Bete Company in Deerfield, MA. She left Channing in 2000, but, continues to illustrate for them on a freelance basis. Since 2002 she has created her own realistic still life in colored pencil. In 2006 she went back to work full-time as an art buyer for a publishing service company. She continues to illustrate and exhibits locally and nationally. She has also been a portrait artist since the age of 16. Sue lives in Connecticut, is married and has 3 boys, so, she’ll have to find a niece to pass her girlie stuff to…. | | | Education University of Lowell, Lowell, MA – BFA, Illustration, 1986 Chamberlayne School of Design, Boston, MA - AAS, Commercial Art, 1982
| | | Memberships American Artists Professional League National Association of Women Artists International Guild of Realism Colored Pencil Society of America Connecticut Women Artists Women Artists Collective West Hartford Art League Westport Art Center
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