Canadian Artist, Suzan Kowalski featured at Tay River Gallery

<h1><font face="verdana">Biography: Suzan Kowalski, Glass Artist</font></h1> <div align="left"> <p><font face="verdana">Since childhood, I've had a passion for drawing and spent endless hours attempting to capture the objects around me on paper, creating worlds of beauty within my sketchbook. Then, real life intervened and the necessity of earning a living put my childhood worlds behind. This led first to the study of languages at Dalhousie University, where I later decided to major in Ancient Studies. Mythology was a new way to explore internal worlds, ways in which humans express themselves through stories. Despite completing an M.A. in ancient Greek literature, I was still unemployable, so turned to computer studies. This line of work was very engrossing for a few years, as it forces one to think both linearly and laterally at the same time. But soon I felt something was missing, until I realized that I longed for the internal world of my childhood visions. This led me back to drawing and painting, but then one day I drove by a stained glass shop and stopped to look around. From that moment on, I was enamoured with glass, the way it shines and moves without moving, the way it transmits light, which cannot be equalled by paint.<br> </font></p> <p><font face="verdana">My work is eclectic in subject matter, as I'm fascinated by the forms and colours of the many objects around me. I am deeply moved by trees, flowers, and animals; by patterns and forms, as well as stone, metal, industrial landscapes, urban views and ruins. The most cohesive thing I could say about my work is that I believe that all things can be beautiful if viewed in a certain way, and my work attempts to present a beautiful representation of those objects.</font></p> </div>