Sue Eves
Found Art - Fine Art - Familiar Stories
I AM A SWAN
Vitrail transparent paint.
Sue Eves’ second collection of permanent paintings on found windows. Last year, Sue sold her first window painting during Oxfordshire Artweeks 40th Anniversary celebration at The Jam Factory in Oxford.
The painting, ‘Out On The River’, started life as an illustration inspired by Wind In The Willows, painted in gouache on her window at home.
Drawing from her work as a storyteller and children’s book illustrator, Sue recreated folk stories and fairytales on her windows at her home during Winter Lockdown 2021. Sue now paints on discarded windows with their own story. Each window in the current collection comes from the former General Elliott pub, South Hinksey. The village is accessible from South Oxford Community Centre via the Devil’s Backbone (aka the footbridge across the lake).
“I am fortunate to live near the lake. One day swans flew over my head while I was walking with my dog across the bridge. I painted them on my windows at home and re-imagined the children’s story, The Ugly Duckling - the cygnet who was ridiculed for being different. When she saw three beautiful swans, she didn't dare wish for such loveliness for herself…"
I AM A SWAN is a celebration of Spring and transformation.
THE DUCKLINGS and The SWANS
Gouache
In Spring, 2022, Sue watched 21 ducklings swimming together on Hinksey stream, guided by two female ducks…For this exhibition, they appear in the windows of South Oxford Community Centre for Oxfordshire Artweeks 2023, painted with the help of local young artists.
They complete her story for Oxfordshire Artweeks of I AM A SWAN,