Susan Kliewer, Western Artist


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Susan Kliewer, Western Artist. Source: Artist Facebook page.Western artist signature of Susan KliewerAward winning artist Susan Kliewer has been a painter since the age of ten. Susan turned to sculpting in 1987, after working in an art-casting foundry for ten years and has had many more monuments commissioned and installed in the United States and Europe.

Native of Southern California who has made Arizona her home for 40 years. She spent five of those years at Marble Canyon Trading Post in a remote area of northern Arizona adjacent to the Navajo Reservation. A painter since the age of ten, Susan turned to sculpting in 1987, after working in an art-casting foundry for ten years.

Susan often uses her Native American friends and relatives as models to capture that special intimacy that is a hallmark of her work. Susan says, "My work aims to show the common thread that underlies all human experience and which I hope brings us to a greater understanding between all people. If you do what you know and love, the feeling will shine through, giving your art a life of its own."

Source: Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona

Image Source: from artist Facebook page

TAGS: Western Art, Bronze Sculpture