Candy Le Sueur
www.candylesueur.com
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I start with imagery from the natural world and let this take me on a journey.
I use oil paints and monotypes to present my feelings about land, sea and sky.
I am inspired by the concept of making images not specific to a time or place.
My paintings are spontaneous expression of a time - honored subject.
DETAILED ARTIST STATEMENT:
Sea, sky and land colliding are completely ingrained in my visual language.
It just pours out of me. The imagery comes from memory, intuition and emotion rather than reflecting somewhere specific.
My style is influenced by the gestural brushstroke of Abstract Expressionism but the subject matter shows a strong affinity to Romanticism, where nature was the primary source of inspiration.
Although my paintings give the impression of having been executed with great speed,
these are actually constructed over time, in a deliberate fashion by building layers.
I push paint around a lot. Big broad passages of color intermingle with big brushstroke, palette knife and other rhythmic marks which add to the rich surface texture.
Making monotypes is a more intimate way of expressing my work.
Landscapes and natural forms are reassembled into a variety of colorful renditions, sometimes combined with collaged with paper I printed for this specific purpose.
BIOGRAPHY:
Candy Le Sueur is known for her expressive contemporary landscapes.
She has a Fine Arts degree from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa; followed a career in advertising before becoming an artist full time and when moving to New York in 2004, enrolled at the National Academy School of Art to study new mediums, including printmaking and encaustic painting and meet like minded people in a new city.
Whilst in South Africa, Candy worked with charities including the Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund and the Red Cross to raise funds through art. She is a member of Pro Arts in Jersey City and was selected for their Curator’s Choice Show in 2014, exhibited at the Jersey City Museum in Oct 2014.
Candy is an internationally recognized artist that has shown her work in South Africa, Switzerland, Germany, and United States. The National Academy Museum, Jersey City Museum, and Drawing Rooms, Affordable Art Fair and Art Hamptons, among other venues, have exhibited her paintings, monotypes, and encaustics. Her work is included in several private collections both home and abroad.
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
2017 Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City
2016 The Russell Collection, Austin, Texas
2015 The Russell Collection, Austin, Texas
Affordable Art Fair, New York; Windows on Columbus, Jersey City
Hamilton Square and the Drawing Rooms, Jersey City
2014 Art Hamptons, Southampton, New York
The Jersey City Museum, The Goldsmith Gallery and the
Drawing Rooms, Jersey City
2013 Affordable Art Fair, New York,
Look Out Gallery, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
2012 Affordable Art Fair, New York; Arts 78 Printmaking Show, New York
Lana Santorelli Gallery, Hoboken in the Summer and Small Works shows;
Carol Lee Fine Art in the Fusion and Mix Shows, Johannesburg
2011 Lana Santorelli Gallery, Hoboken, New Jersey
2010 The National Academy Museum, New York
2009 The National Academy Museum, New York and
Artspace, Johannesburg
2007 The Mimosa hotel, Miami, concurrent with Art Basel Miami and
Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2006 Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2005 Galerie Plett, The Netherlands; Riverside, Connecticut and
Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2004 Galerie Plett, The Netherlands
2003 Art4decor, Johannesburg
2002 Jenna Clifford Design and Art4decor, Johannesburg
2001 World Treasures Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA; Art4decor, Johannesburg, Lindy van Niekerk Gallery, Cape Town; Gallery 88, Sasolburg
2000 Lindy van Niekerk Gallery, Cape Town; Gallery 88, Sasolburg