Sue Gasser
Artist
Sue Gasser is a well known, self taught, Blue Mountains artist with a passion for creating artworks using pastels, as she finds the medium brings out softness and fine details that no other medium can achieve. Her subjects are mostly animals with a particular passion for wildlife. Sue has spent a lifetime painting and drawing and after completing a show card and ticket writing course in 1986-87, she became a full time professional artist. She has had many successful exhibitions and her artwork is represented in Australian and overseas galleries. Her brilliance has won her the top prize in the Art of Sydney Awards 2013 “Best Exhibit in Show” She has also won many art awards with at least half being “The Viewer’s Choice Award” which tells her what the public like Some of these awards are - First prize in her section Works on Paper 'Art awards of Sydney' 2010. Other first prize art awards are Castle Hill show, Hawkesbury Art show, Penrith Art show, Castle Hill Orange Blossom Festival, Canine Art Exhibition, Buckinbah Art Show. Sue says “I use pastels for my work, as I am more a drawer than a painter” and describes her work “as storytelling and stories are important as each one has one to tell” It is Sues desire to express the beauty of creation through her artwork