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The Mixed-Media Portals of Sue Williams A’Court

Sue Williams A’Court’s graphite portals into lush environments grace unexpected surfaces, with the artist’s aim to conjure a state of mindfulness rather than any specific terrain. Her work often blends painting, collage, and of course, graphite drawing. Blending both a loose style and hyperdetailed sensibility, the tension in her work brings the viewer to another place, entirely.

Sue Williams A’Court’s graphite portals into lush environments grace unexpected surfaces, with the artist’s aim to conjure a state of mindfulness rather than any specific terrain. Her work often blends painting, collage, and of course, graphite drawing. Blending both a loose style and hyperdetailed sensibility, the tension in her work brings the viewer to another place, entirely.

“A’ Court invites curiosity of one’s own mental states,” her site says. “Her interest has been formed by her meditation practice and by the ideas of pre-eminent psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist in his book ‘The Master and His Emissary-the Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World,’ presenting his research on the hemisphere differences and the different perspectives they have in constructing our current experience and impact on our society.”

See more of her work on her site.

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