Suzanne Comer - Artist/Photographer

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Location: Pennsylvania, United States

My formal fine arts training focused on the areas of oil painting and printmaking. Since acquiring my first digital camera in 2002, I have explored photography as an art form. My resulting works have been selected for many juried shows and Philadelphia Stories Magazine each year. With the perspective of a painter, I assemble a "palette" of elements from my photographs to digitally create a new and different whole or montage. The process evolves from creative intuition, synthesizing experiences and reflecting them in an artistic venue. My work is personal, yet mindful of reaching out to the viewer to stimulate their own interpretation and feelings. Therefore, in full circle, creating new personal meanings. Contact me at: facebook.com/suzanne.comer.artist

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Altered States?
International Juried Show

January 14 - February 26, 2012
ARTSPACE Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA

I was pleased to be accepted into a international juried show entitled "Altered States?" It is a photo-based exhibition of works which have been altered by the artist at any point during the photographic process.

In addition to the Pennsylvania area, accepted works are from Wisconsin, New York, West Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, Colorado, California, Portugal and Germany


At the opening reception with my photomontage
Future Past
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Below are some links about the show:
http://www.poconoarts.org/__PApages/__alteredstates.htm

http://forwardianartssociety.blogspot.com/2012/01/artspace-in-altered-state.html

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120113/LOCALENT/201130332/-1/rss15

http://www.poconoarts.org/__PApages/__images/newsletter/2012_01_newsletter.pdf

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My photomontage "Cascade" is featured on the cover of the local literary magazine Philadelphia Stories, 2011-2012 Winter issue. http://www.philadelphiastories.org

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It has been almost 6 years since I made my first blog post & created my original web site of my photo-related work.

Time, or the lack of time, has always been a big issue for me. There are so many things I want to & have to do. I am very much a "nose to the grindstone" type of person, but there never seems to be enough time to do everything.

I have heard it said that an artist has many jobs. They have to create, promote, sell (all very complex in themselves) and have a paying job to finance the expenses of their artistic creativity. So, priorities have to be set.

I have been setting as my priority creating new works. I have created a lot of new pieces in the past 6 years that I am very proud of. My work has been accepted into many juried shows & awarded recognition. Creatively, it has been time well spent.

However, within the past 6 months, I have come to realize that my web promotion needed updating. So I have created the following new web pages with examples & information on my work:
- Facebook Artist Fan Page http://www.facebook.com/suzanne.comer.artist
- Philly Sidearts Artist Page http://philly.sidearts.com/artists/suzanne-comer/
- Media Arts Council Artist Portfolio Page http://www.mediaartscouncil.org/artist/suzanne-comer

Last week, I revised my current web site (http://comersuz.home.comcast.net/~comersuz/) to make not of the fact that the images there are earlier works & provided links to the newer sites mentioned above. Eventually, making an entirely new portfolio web site will rise to the top of my list.

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