susan atkinson

Artists Background

I was always interested in art and at school studied art to A level.
On leaving school I took a job in the insurance industry working for The Prudential.
Being made redundant after twenty years gave me the opportunity to take up art again.
I enrolled at London Guildhall University initially studying for a BTEC Foundation course in Art and Design which I passed with a distinction.
Encouraged by my tutors I went on to a BA course graduating with a BA Hons in fine art three years later.
During the course of my studies I experimented with many different mediums and painting methods both conventionally with a brush or palette knife and also applying paint direct to the canvas without the use of a tool.
Following much experimentation I have found that my current method of tipping and pouring and spinning the canvas achieves the results I want.
I have established that the best medium for my work is gloss paint on stretched canvas.