SUE DANIELSON
LOST AND FOUND

J. Rineha­rt Gallery is delighted to announce our first solo exhibition with Seattle based painter and multimedia installation artist, Sue Danielson. Her exhibition, Lost and Found, brings together a group of abstract paintings rich with ecological patterns of urban forests and watersheds. Using an array of materials, Danielson finds what was not lost, but hidden.

Danielson’s life is deeply rooted in the Pacific Northwest. Her map like work is inspired by untamed natural areas, Urban forests, and Watersheds. Lost and Found lies in a place where lost items are stored, awaiting retrieval by vivid pathways of color. Abstractness creates pockets of stillness, chaos, and beauty while the search for these so-called lost objects reveals rich ecological patterns that are built by memories. Line and layers intertwine, shifting spatial characteristics between disorienting or calming streams of consciousness.

She has exhibited at Bellevue Art Museum, Whatcom Museum of Art, Fine Art Museum at Florida State University, Edmonds College, and North Seattle College. Her work is featured in the collections of King County, Microsoft, and other private collections. In conjunction with the exhibition, an exhibition catalog will be published with an essay written by arts educator, Erin Shafkind. 

• ARTIST STATEMENT

  Lost and Found
  Exhibition Statement
  
  Rich ecological patterns of urban forests and watersheds, including the industry heavy Duwamish River Valley, ground my abstract work. My investigation of these powerful metaphors for life began as a child when I used a metal spoon to dig under the wooden fence surrounding my back yard and opened a secret portal into the magical spaces of an old growth forest.

  Intertwining and shifting spatial characteristics built from memory line by line and layer by layer are present in all my work. My vivid paintings contain an array of materials from acrylic paint, paper, and ink to recycled detritus such as chipped paint, or fiber. Sculptural installations are composed of found objects, wire, wood, and fiber. Videos are created through layering animations I make with videos I shoot. They teeter between disorienting or calming streams of consciousness. The installations, which often include my videos, create an immersive experience with pockets of stillness, chaos, beauty, and disorientation. My goal is to create a paradoxical experience of becoming both lost and found.