Love is in the Air
At first glance, the artworks of Sushe Felix and Don Quade appear to be deceptively simple. However, the dramatic brilliant colors and charming arrangements of forms and shapes in a Sushe Felix painting create a response in the viewer that is highly unusual: a sensation of euphoric joy. Although the work is abstract, she considers it symbolic of the natural world in its orderly composition and use of organic, geometric forms. By adding different layers of textures, various papers and foils, she attracts light to the canvas and adds dimension. Influenced by the Transcendental Painting Group of Santa Fe, New Mexico and the abstract painters of the 30’s and 40’s, Sushe works in acrylics, and uses paint, college and various mediums to give her paintings depth and movement. Because her artistic presence is indivisibly part of the over-all composition, it is easy to fall in love at first sight with her paintings without hesitation.
Don Quade as well uses mixed-media paintings and collages to reflect his fascination with the abstract geometry found so abundantly in nature. Exploring the idea of garden as metaphor, his paintings focus on the transitional and transformative phases of nature’s life cycles. He specifically examines and captures these juxtapositions found during the “in-between seasons”, those moments in time that mark subtle shifts in cycles from chaos to order and then back again. By using both representational and abstract techniques, through painting and collage, he highlights the importance of the garden as a fundamental pivot where nature and culture convene and transform one another. With his repetitive patterns and balance of form, his paintings are meditative, like sitting in a Zen garden and reflecting on both life’s unexpected surprises and precise order.
Don Quade grew up in El Paso, Texas and is strongly influenced by the vast open space and clarity of light and hues found in the southwestern desert. He holds a Bachelors of Fine Art from Colorado State University, and has worked as a Graphic Designer before shifting his concentration to painting and mixed media collage. He has continued his studies of painting and collage through the Taos Institute of Arts and the Arts Students League of Denver. His work is in numerous international private & corporate collections.
Don Quade as well uses mixed-media paintings and collages to reflect his fascination with the abstract geometry found so abundantly in nature. Exploring the idea of garden as metaphor, his paintings focus on the transitional and transformative phases of nature’s life cycles. He specifically examines and captures these juxtapositions found during the “in-between seasons”, those moments in time that mark subtle shifts in cycles from chaos to order and then back again. By using both representational and abstract techniques, through painting and collage, he highlights the importance of the garden as a fundamental pivot where nature and culture convene and transform one another. With his repetitive patterns and balance of form, his paintings are meditative, like sitting in a Zen garden and reflecting on both life’s unexpected surprises and precise order.
Don Quade grew up in El Paso, Texas and is strongly influenced by the vast open space and clarity of light and hues found in the southwestern desert. He holds a Bachelors of Fine Art from Colorado State University, and has worked as a Graphic Designer before shifting his concentration to painting and mixed media collage. He has continued his studies of painting and collage through the Taos Institute of Arts and the Arts Students League of Denver. His work is in numerous international private & corporate collections.
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