For those of you that like monoprinting,
here is a NZ Printmaker that you will enjoy:
Who are you?
Susan Hurrell Fieldes
I am a printmaker, living in Auckland, new Zealand.
I was introduced to printmaking 30 years ago.
I went back to school as an adult student
to take university entrance and bursary art,
printmaking was part of the curriculum.
I’m trained as a music teacher,
though these days I spend most of my time working on my art.
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| Susan Hurrell Fieldes Artist in residence, Carmel College, 2011 |
What is your favourite thing about printmaking?
From the very start, printmaking felt just right.
It was like coming home.
Now, it’s who I am, I can’t not do it!
To go into my studio each day,
to smell the smell of the work,
it’s where I live.
My determination is to be the best printmaker I can possibly be.
It’s my passion!
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| Susan Hurrell Fieldes, #30 from the series "Layers of Her", 2011 Monoprint |
Describe your most memorable printmaking moment
This year I was fortunate to have two solo shows:
one in Wellington, the other in New York.
They reinforced for me that I was an artist.
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What/who influences your work?
Initially it was the prints of Jim Dine that inspired me.
I loved the way he turned “the right way to printmake” on it’s head.
He used whatever was at hand to make marks: power tools, hammers.
Right now, most of my work is monotype prints.
This world was unlocked for me by Ron Pokrasso.
I feel this was when I came fully alive as a printmaker.
I am also inspired by the work of Antoni Tapies.
Each year I travel to New York to work with two master printmakers,
Kathy Caraccio and Dan Welden.
I’m exposed to a huge variety of print work
and this can’t help influence and stimulate me.
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| Susan Hurrell Fieldes, #16 from the series "Layers of Her", 2011 Monoprint |
Can you offer a small piece of printmaking advice?
Perhaps the main thing I’ve learned in New York is
that there is no one way to make a print,
every artist needs to find their own path
and speak their own voice.
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Susan Hurrell Fieldes, 2011
Monotype print
"The body of work around this comes from
the photographs I took in my last trip to NY in April.
The street art fascinates me; the graffiti, the etchings in the footpath, on the roads,
the crumbling pedestrian markings, the smells, the noise...mostly, the energy."
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You can see more of Susan's work on her website:
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