Jean Sausele-Knodt

About

"Direction for these mixed media works grew with a goal to keep relationships continually fresh while exhausting possibilities. The resulting working process is quite animated as I move about various parts and pieces. The action can, however, also build itself into an uncomfortable fragmentation that then needs to be dealt with and resolved. In this way, the work has become an arena for me to come to terms with what whirls about in my day-to-day life. A time to both celebrate and confront unfolding visual, societal and cultural realities - - those which float about gently and in beauty or disturb and clash-combine. With elements that I cut with saws, paint, cast in concrete, stitch with thread, draw with graphite or pen with ink, I aim to orchestrate a newly personalized sense of whole with each new image or assemblage. Some works dance about, others hug together in clusters, yet all aim to embody a new time and place - - one I am driven to make manifest." jsk Jean studied Fine Arts at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, and earned her Masters of Fine Arts Degree in painting from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. While pursuing her graduate degree she attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine. During her time at these schools Jean studied with and was especially influenced by Neil Welliver, Yvonne Jacquette and Judy Pfaff. Jean’s work is held in private and corporate collections and shown in various exhibitions in the Washington, DC area, New York City and Connecticut.