Susan Wordsworth
Delving into depictions of life from a personal perspective Susan Wordsworth reinterprets the natural world. Her paintings and prints weave observations of the real world with the dream world of her poetic imagination.
” When I look for potential subjects for my work I try to detach myself from thinking of what they actually are. I am looking with intention and yet with a certain detachment, using the sensory part of my mind. For me, drawing is a bit like meditating combined with a very thoughtful and careful decision making process. Sometimes I will work from observational drawings which inspire deeper exploration in the studio where I can be completely creative with colour, form and unexpected mark making. I'm interested in fragility and the ephemeral which express my sense of awe and wonder in nature and humanity".
An ardent traveller, her work blends the wild vitality of tangled jungles with the pastoral essence of English landscapes and intimate portraiture. Her collages and paintings incorporate mixed materials, painted etchings and printed papers which are the starting blocks to open the door of her remembered experience. She works without boundaries making sensitive images that have a reflective narrative.
Susan Wordsworth studied at Cheltenham School of Art (University of Gloucester) and the 2019 Drawing Year (postgraduate intensive) at The Royal Drawing School (London). She is a member of Bath Artist Printmakers Cooperative and Bath Art Circle.
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Selected Exhibitions
2025 Bath Artist Printmakers One of a Kind (solo)
2024 Black Swan Arts, Frome Open
2024 Art Circle, Bath Members
2024 Pound Arts, Corsham Earthly Beauty Open
2024 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol Friends
2024 44AD, Bath Moongazers/Starfinders Open
2023 Wells Art Contemporary Open
2023 Wells Art Community Draw Prizewinner
2023 Bath Society of Artists 118th Open
2023 Fringe Arts Bath Awe and Wonder Open
2022 Royal Commonwealth Soc, Bath Hope/Humanity
2021 Bath Society of Artists 116th Open
2020 Bath Royal Scientific & Literary Inst. Members
2019 Bath Society of Artists 114th Open
