Suzanne Dunn

     For me, the Sonoma/Mendocino coast is a place of peace. I spend hours per week walking the roads and trails. The beauty here is immense, and this gives me solace and understanding. From this place, l create abstract and expressive atmospheric landscape paintings & ceramics inspired by our North Pacific Coast and the surrounding landscape. I work primarily in glazed stoneware for my functional pottery; and acrylic, ink, pencil, and charcoal on canvas for my paintings. Nature has balance. Nature has imperfections. Nature has contrast and it’s in a constant state of renewal. This gives us hope for positive change and evolution. These ideas keep me seeking beauty in the world and making art because of it.

     I have been painting most of my life, formally for 30 years. I received my BFA from The San Francisco Art Institute in 1995. I’ve been a ceramic artist for 8 years and have trained with Takemi Saruta and Master Potter Shiro Otani.