Paintings and drawings by Susie Fitzsimmons
I am especially drawn to the Purepe’cha civilization of Western Central Mexico, whose curious terracotta figurines are so unlike Mayan, Aztec or other better preserved antiquities.
Throughout the turbulent centuries of its own indigenous past, the later tyranny of Spanish dominance…and now an equally menacing global interference, Mexico has stoically adapted.
Mexicans have adapted too, to centuries of living amidst hurricane, mudslide and drought, volcanoes and earthquakes, troll sized rocks and cavernous sink holes. They have survived vast inequalities between rich and poor, still unaddressed by modern governments. The energy, their passion for construction and their delight in communal celebrations is as vibrant as ever.
Art biography
- 1984 First Class Hons. Degree in Fine Art Sculpture
- Solo exhibitions in Perth (Australia), Norfolk and the West Country.
- Large solo exhibition in 2014 at The Tabernacle,London W11
- Collaboration with installations in many community projects.
- Teaching: art and art history in college.
- Ceramic pottery classes for children and blind people.
- Classes in ‘life drawing’ in my studio
- Freelance portrait photography (black and white)
