Featured Visual Artist

Suzanne Coley

I am obsessed with discovering a visual language that creates a relationship between mankind, nature, and technology. This is to say that what I construct is not so much images of the visible world, but encompasses a philosophical vision in which womanhood is composed of an infinitely varied universe. By combining classical visual vocabularies and narratives with the modern, I continue to discover new visual metaphors and symbols that stimulate communication with the observer.

When I was sixteen and growing up in the inner-city projects, Burhan Dogancay, a well-known international painter/photographer, became my mentor. By having Mr. Dogancay as my mentor, I was able to look beyond my adverse circumstances in life and get a realistic view of other cultures, different social contexts, and multiple aesthetic approaches in an increasingly globalized universe. The result of this is my work is a culturally sensitive aesthetic immersed in the traditional past, aligned with the present, with room for the future.

To contact Suzanne Coley for more information on her artwork, call 303.902.3510 or email bellaluna75@msn.com.