Sue Side OAS – portfolio

Contact the artist

https://www.sueside.com/
07800 867485
sue.side30@gmail.com

Exhibition information

I specialise in illustration and portraiture.
I am an elected member of The Society of Graphic Fine Art, The Westward Ho! and Bideford Art Society and Oxford Art Society.
I exhibit regularly as a member of these societies and am often selected to exhibit with other international societies. I have exhibited with The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The Royal Watercolour Society, The Royal Society of British Artists and The Society of Graphic Fine Art in their annual exhibitions at The Mall Galleries, London.
I also exhibit frequently in local galleries and take part in Oxfordshire Artweeks and Devon Open Studios.
My work is in several private collections.

I work in graphite, charcoal and ink and enjoy exploring drypoint etching. Each has a natural warmth and versatility that fits well with my work. The smallest drawn (or etched) stroke can utterly change what you see.
I am always happy to discuss possible commissions and enjoy exploring these with my clients.

 

Artist information

For many years I lived in Oxfordshire before moving to the inspiring land that is North Devon.

The sky is so big here! There’s lots of wild wind and lots of rain, so the light constantly changes. Even

on wet days, nature is busy. Winter flocks of starlings and fieldfares sweeping across the sky then

give way to the sound of song thrush and blackbird before the swifts and swallows swoop in. Sculptural winter trees are stunning 

in spring and summer green whilst the Devon banks are an endless joy of wildflower and fern. All this has

been feeding into new art thoughts and feed into new work for our May

Artweeks show. The sky, the birds and the trees all feature, as do my favourite media of charcoal,

graphite, ink and etching.

 Also a qualified Art teacher, I have the Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice as an Artist Teacher from Oxford Brookes University.