Susan Wooddell Campbell
Artist Statement
Making art is a driving force — I don’t remember a time I didn’t have a crayon, pencil, paintbrush, carving tool or garden clippers in my hand. Though I currently consider myself a painter first, I love to explore and am enthusiastic about the flexibility offered in printmaking techniques, be it relief or plate work. In particular, I have found monotype multiple press process to be an increasingly important tool in creating layers on paper I can’t achieve by working directly with a brush or other mark maker. In that regard, collage has increasingly become an element in my printmaking compositions as I juxtapose color shapes or imagery to add depth and interest.
Shop Susan’s Work
Artist: Susan Wooddell Campbell
Medium: Viscosity Monotype/ Pencil
Image Size: 12” x 9”
Framed Size: 17” × 15”
Artist: Susan Wooddell Campbell
Medium: Viscosity Print with coloring by hand
Image Size: 9” x 12”
Framed Size: 16” × 20”
Artist: Susan Wooddell Campbell
Medium: Monotype
Image Size: 16” × 20”
Framed Size: 21.5” x 25.5”
Artist: Susan Wooddell Campbell
Medium: Monotype Collage
Image Size: 12” × 15”
Framed Size: 16” x 20”
Artist: Susan Wooddell Campbell
Medium: Viscosity Monotype/ Colored pencil
Image Size: 12” × 8”
Framed Size: 17” x 15”
Artist: Susan Wooddell Campbell
Medium: Monotype/Relief//Colored Pencil
Image Size: 16” × 20”
Framed Size: 21.5” x 25.5”
Artist: Susan Wooddell Campbell
Medium: Monotype with Colored Pencil
Image Size: 42” × 21”
Framed Size: 46.5” x 26”
Artist: Susan Wooddell Campbell
Medium: Monotype with Colored Pencil
Image Size: 16” × 20”
Framed Size: 21.5” x 25.5”
Artist: Susan Wooddell Campbell
Medium: Monotype with Colored Pencil
Image Size: 20” × 16”
Framed Size: 25.5” x 21.5”
Exhibits
Mixed Takes
Susan Wooddell Campbell
February 27 to March 30, 2025
opening reception: Sunday, March 9, 2-4:00 pm
It’s no coincidence that MIXED TAKES evokes both the infamous 1980s mixtapes (personalized music playlist, for those too young to remember) and the notorious shaming word mistakes. But is there really any such thing as a mistake when it comes to the happy accidents that are part of the creative process? MIXED TAKES aptly describes my process of using different registrations, passes and media as “takes” to employ rhythm and movement in creating my personal play list (emphasis on play).
Still a painter at heart, I love using printmaking techniques as an adjunct in building work and creating relationships and dialogues between pieces. I have been exploring viscosity print techniques, which share intriguing qualities with painting in oil – a first love. The show contains several examples of oil paintings and related viscosity prints.
Other pieces are related through the use of found objects – in this case, industrial paint stir sticks, which gave birth to Indigo Trail, Bamboo Sun, and Glyph. Providing a range of final results or takes, my play and exploration using woodcut and viscosity techniques has resulted in a mixtape / mixed take of my creative world.
Artist: Susan Wooddell Campbell
Medium: Monotype Collage /Ink/ Pencil
Image Size: 8” x 10”
Framed Size: 13” × 16”