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Suzanne McClelland

Action Figure: Julian Assange Head Only $60, 2014

Dry pigment and polymer on linen

84 x 72 inches

Suzanne McClelland Internal Sensations (Yearn), 2013

Suzanne McClelland
Internal Sensations (Yearn), 2013
Dry pigment, gesso, polymer and oil paint on portrait linen
59 x 49 inches

Biography

Suzanne McClelland fuses painterly marks with linguistic elements, creating rhythmic canvases that explore both visual and written languages. McClelland often begins with poetic verses, names, or numbers that she weaves into the space of her canvas, though she is rooted firmly in a tradition of abstraction. Her vibrant paintings teeter toward drawing with their sketchy brushstrokes, revealing the artist’s embrace of the infinite possibilities of abstract painting. “I’m playing with the notion of what painting is,” McClelland has said. “It is a combination of marks and stains and smudges and spills—all those things that can be considered mistakes.”