SUE BAGWELL

Artists Bio

Sue Bagwell, of Big Spring, TX, is a contemporary artist whose personal interpretation of people, places and things are infused with color.  Sue challenges the viewer to look beyond her original paintings both for the emotional impact she hopes they will feel, and for a more literal, subliminal image she has superimposed on the original piece.  She works on a variety of surfaces and in many mediums.

In one way or another, art has always been a part of Sue’s life.  Several years ago, she decided to follow her passion and pursue the elusive dream of visual communication.  She says “I relish the viewer who becomes intrigued enough to linger, to actually get to know the painting and, in turn, myself.”   Her formal study began with many teachers, but the most significant is M. Douglas Walton whose philosophy on art and life have forever changed the way she views both.  Other artistic influences include the Impressionists, especially Modigliani and the artistic theories of Edgar Whitney.  After two intense years of study, her own artistic vision began to emerge as she worked in a variety of media in a small studio behind her house in the small West Texas town of Big Spring.

Sue says “I freed myself to truly paint from within when I quit trying to please other people and started painting just for myself.  For me, painting is an emotional experience.  I laugh, I cry, and many times I become so excited over a painting I miss appointments and even forget to sleep.  I sell only original works because I hope some of the emotion will go directly from me to the brush to the paper then to the viewer.”

Sue Bagwell is represented by Displays of Splendor Art Gallery in Big Spring, Texas and at the Back Door in Ruidoso, New Mexico.  She has won many awards in various juried shows and her paintings are in numerous private collections.  Recent shows have been at the Old Bedford Schoolhouse in Bedford, Texas, the University of North Texas Health and Science in Ft Worth, TX and at the Heritage Museum in Big Spring.

For more information about upcoming exhibitions and gallery representation, you may contact her at Sue_Bagwell@yahoo.com or at 432- 264-7016.