In my work I explore the connection and relationship between objects and the emotions they trigger. The space between an object is as important as the object and sometimes the simple minimal depiction says more. My background as a landscape designer and years spent near the ocean predicated how I see and shape my work. How light moves over objects and how fog envelops a scene are important narratives that are my interpretation or fantasy of what they should be. The images reside within the two-dimensional frame and are based on my own associations and memories from my childhood in England and New England. Paths to the beach, the horizon line, boats, a walk on a foggy path are all inextricably bound and often are rendered and orchestrated in hazy contrast to what might have been. There is often a stillness and aloneness that allows the viewer time to still their mind and enter the scene and develop their own narrative.
Studies: The Art Students League, The Southern Atelier. I am mostly self-taught with thanks to my aunt who gave me charcoal and paper as a child summering in Cornwall. I am grateful for the guidance of Don Demers, Joseph McGurl, Christopher Groves, Susan Foster and many others along the way to whom I owe a great deal of thanks.
Awards & Shows
2023 Juried artist Gala Live Auction, Artists Association of Nantucket
2023 Life Long Learning/Healing Journey Installation at the Smilow Arts Gallery at Yale New Haven Hospital
2022 People’s Choice award: Artists Association of Nantucket
2022 Juried artist Gala Live Auction, Artists Association of Nantucket
2021 Juried artist Gala Live Auction, Artists Association of Nantucket
2020 Juried show: Local Color at Venice Art Center
2019 Award of Merit Artists Association of Nantucket
2019 Juried artist Gala Live Auction, Artists Association of Nantucket
2017-18 Group show, Local Color, Golden Image Gallery, Sarasota
2017 Juried artist Gala Live Auction, Artists Association of Nantucket
2017 Solo show, Artists Association of Nantucket, ‘Tidal Flows and Eddies ‘
2017 The Featured Artist for the Wet Paint Auction, Artists Association of Nantucket
2017 Patrons Award, Artists Association of Nantucket, Seward Johnson
2017 Local Color, winter show: Golden Image, Sarasota
2017 Honorable mention, Light Chaser’s Member’s Show, Sarasota
2016 Juried artist Gala Live Auction, Artists Association of Nantucket
2016 Frank Swift Chase Plein Air Award, Artists Association of Nantucket
2013 New Emerging Artist, Artists Association of Nantucket
Affiliations
Seward Johnson Gallery, The Big Gallery, Nantucket Artists Association, The Nantucket Looms, Towles Court Art Center, Sarasota, Candita Clayton Gallery, New Hampshire, Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simons Island.
Biography
Susan Coyne is an artist based in Nantucket, Massachusetts and Sarasota, Florida.
My professional life has been diverse but always aesthetically driven. I started my career in fabric and fashion. My love of nature inspired me to earn a degree in Landscape Design where I learned to work with space, size, textures, mass and perspective. I grew up around the water and have a love for the ocean, boats and all things connected.
