I LIVE TO PAINT, I PAINT TO LIVE
As a child, with uncanny detail and likeness, Su Allen was drawing animals she had never seen. During her college years, Su’s techniques became that of the Master’s, with all the qualities, intensity and refinement of the most reknowned artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Continuing with her innate talent, Su began to add portrait painting and sculptures to her repertoire.
Now, Su’s vast repertoire extends the breadth of commanding artistry. Su possesses a unique ability to transform her vision into works that captivate and continually mesmerize the observer; winning her accolades with fine art collectors throughout the world.
Fresh and powerful, Su plays her art as a piece of sculpture, modeling and molding each one, whether subtle or explosive in color. Although intensely striking, Su’s alluring renditions of color and ethereal textures envelopes the observer, lifting them to a serene and truly inspirational place. Color, composition and texture develop into a rich complex of simpler forms, deeply emotional in appeal. “I want viewers to feel good, inspired…and appreciate what they feel.” Su admits, “It is a whole feeling, a giving of myself and my inner-calling.
Su attended the University of Texas in Austin, The University of Michigan, and The School of Creative Studies and The Society of Arts in Detroit. Excelling at an unusually high rate, and as one of only four hand-chosen students, Su was sought after for private instruction by the esteemed artist, Sarkis Sarkesian, Director of The School of Creative Art & Design. Su instructed many art workshops in painting as well as sculpture, and taught portrait painting for over five years at the Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan.
Internationally renowned, Su’s signature work can be found in corporate and private collections in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Toronto, Phoenix, Detroit, Houston, and Austin. Extensive collections of her work are located in the Flint Institute of Arts, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, General Motors Corporation, IBM, Motorola, Westinghouse, Dell, Schlumberger, Ford Motor Company, The University of Texas and Cedar Park Medical Center and Bank of America, to name only a few. For 20 years, Su was the owner and curator of three galleries in Grand Blanc and Flint, Michigan and Austin, Texas.