Artist Profile Series: Suzan Engler

Suzan Engler
Panorama Village, Texas

1. What is sitting on the edges of your work table?

Having just completed two major projects, my work table is clean except for a pattern for pants that I am fitting for myself.  It is time to design a new art quilt!

2. If someone looked beneath the surface, what could be revealed that we might not know about you?

I am very transparent, I cannot think of anything to be discovered!

3. What occupies the space between your sewing machine and your cutting table? Between my sewing machine and cutting table is a shelf full of thread and a dress maker's mannequin.

4. What is the most exquisite moment in your artistic life?

The most exquisite moments are when I am alone in the studio creating.

5. Do you have daily rituals in your studio?

I do not have rituals other than just do the work, every day.

6. Reflecting on the quilts that you have made, which one stands out to you?

My favorite was Raised on Bluebonnets which was made for Dinner at Eight- Affinity.  I was able to distill my subject down to its essence. 

7. What do you have an affinity for in your work?

Geometry, fractals, and nature are favorite themes in my work.

8. What kinds of patterns do you use in your work to create interest and texture? 

Quilting provides intestest and texture but is very secondary to the focal point image in each work.

9. What personal iconography is identifiable to you exclusively in your work?

Rather than an identifiable iconography, digitial painting and manipulation identify my work.

10. What was your inspiration for the Best of Dinner at Eight?

Rendering nature in triangles was my inspiration for the Best of Dinner at Eight.