Sue Lassetter                                                                                                      www.suelassetter.com
Northbay ArtWorks
7049 Redwood Blvd, Ste 208
Novato, CA 94945
415.897.7625
suelassetter@comcast.net

Artist Statement

I owe my interest in painting to my children.  Whilst helping them with creative projects they encouraged me to develop my art interests.   In 1999 I signed up with the local community college and took drawing classes.   From there I took oil painting classes for 4 years and discovered a passion and love for oil painting.  I have been working independently ever since enjoying a new creative career, and have already shown in New York and Los Angeles Galleries.

A background of fashion design and buying helped me understand color, design, and composition.  I love being able to create depth and feeling on the flat surface, and have a passion for the form and color of flowers, especially roses.  I am fascinated in the way that petals bend and curve over each other, and by the texture and color of materials like aged wood, rusted metal, and stone.

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Artist Biography

BORN: Southamption, England, January 26th, 1955

REPRESENTATION:
- Amsterdam Whitney Gallery: Chelsea: New York: Feb 2006-Feb 2007
- Infusion Gallery: Los Angeles Oct 07-Oct 08

ART SHOWS:
2009        
- Marin Art Festival-Lagoon Park: Marin Civic Center: June
- Marin Open Studio: Marin Arts Council: California: May
- Falkirk Annual Juried Exhibition: Falkirk Cultural Center: Marin: California:
  March –May
- Stars and Member Show: MarinMOCA: California: January
 2008       
- Small Treasures: MarinMOCA: California: November
- Holiday Show: North Bay ArtWorks: California: November
- Fall National Show: MarinMOCA: California: August
- Marin Art Festival: Lagoon Park: Marin Civic Center: California: June
- Marin Open Studio: Marin Arts Council: California: May
- Van Gogh Awards: Marin MOCA: California: January
2007       
- Holiday Show : North Bay ArtWorks:  California: December
- Indulgence: Art League of Northern California: California: November
- Marin Art Festival: Lagoon Park: Marin Civic Center: California: June
- Marin Open Studio: Marin Arts Council: California: May
- Falkirk Annual Juried Exhibition: Falkirk Cultural Center: Marin: California
  March-May
- Moment in Time: Marin Society of Artists: California: January
2006       
- Fall Showcase: North Bay ArtWorks: California: November
- Indulgence: Art League of Northern California: California: November
- Marin County Fair Fine Art and Craft Show: California: July
- Marin Open Studios: Marin Arts Council: California: May
- A Matter of Scale: Art League of Northern California (formerly Indian Valley
  Arists): California: March
- Member Show: Marin Arts Council/Marin Society of Artist: California: February
2005       
- Small Treasures: Art League of Northern California (formerly
   Indian Valley Artists): California: December
- Fall Showcase: North Bay ArtWorks: California: November
- Anything Goes: Indian Valley Artists: California: October
- Café Show: Juried: Indian Valley Artists: California: September
- Member Show: Marin Arts Council: California: June
- Marin Open Studios: Marin Arts Council: California: May
- Celebration: Indian Valley Artists: California: March
- Motion/Emotion: Juried: Indian Valley Artists: California: February
2004        
- Fall Showcase: North Bay ArtWorks: California: November
- Anything Goes: Indian Valley Artists: California: November
- Heart to Heart: National Juried: Indian Valley Artists: California:  September

PUBLICATIONS:
-“American Art Collectors”, Alcove Books, July 2008
-“American Art Collectors”, Alcove Books, July 2006, Vol.3, Book 1
-“American Art Collectors”, Alcove Books, July 2005, Vol.2, Book 1

ART FEATURED:
- Marin Magazine: Promoting Marin Open Studio 2008: May 2008
- Marin Independent Journal: Promoting Marin Open Studio 2008: April/May
  2008
- 2008 Marin Open Studio Poster/Cover Art: Marin Arts Council:
   California: April/May 2008
- Marin Independent Journal: Promoting ‘Anything Goes Show at the Indian
  Valley Artist Association, Novato, California,  October 2004
- Novato Advance: Promoting ‘Artist’s Choice Show’ at Northbay ArtWorks,
  Novato, California, October 2006

ART SHOWN:
-The Omelet House: Novato: California: July 2009 ongoing
-The Garden Restaurant:  Ignacio: California: July 2009 ongoing
-Translations:  Corner Stone: Sonoma: California: May 2009 ongoing
- Susanna’s Home Store: Larkspur: California: Jan - Dec 2008
- Sugo’s Restaurant,  Petaluma, California: June – Dec 2005

ART EDUCATION: College of Marin 1999-2004: Studied under Katrina Wagner,
  Emily Lazarre, Kent Rupp

AFFILIATIONS:
- MarinMOCA,  (Art League of Northern California), Novato, California:
  2004-Present Board member 2007 ongoning
- Marin Society of Artist: Ross, California: 2004-2008
- Marin Arts Council: San Rafael, California: 2004-Present