Susan Grace Branch – Artists In Action Gallery

Artist Biography:

Susan Grace Branch, BA Art Education, B.A in Three Dimensional Design, M.A in Jewelry and Metalsmithing, M.F.A in Multi Media.

A native-born Oregonian, Susan’s love of the environment of the Pacific North West has called her back to her home state and McMinnville, Oregon where she has established studios for her wall art and jewelry (wearable art.) The influence of her return is deeply evident in her creative work.
Susan’s artistic style is eclectic, the consequence of a life-long fascination with possibility thinking , looking for the patterns that connect thoughts, ideas and philosophies inside of disciplines and between disciplines.

Susan’s artistic style is eclectic, the consequence of a life-long fascination with possibility thinking , looking for the patterns that connect thoughts, ideas and philosophies inside of disciplines and between disciplines.

Susan’s interests include science, arts, archeology, anthropology, sociology, mythology and our interrelationship with the many and varied forms of our world. Some of Susan’s influences include Joseph Campbell, Gregory Bateson, Vincent van Gogh, 14th Dalai Lama, Milton Erickson, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Leonardo da Vinci, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Jackson Pollock, traditional Balinese painting, Rene Margritte, Marc Chagall, Remedios Varo, Herman Junger, Wolfgang Rhas, Wendy Ramshaw. . . . . . and many more.

Susan has work in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, The Western Australian Art Gallery, Art Gallery of WA, Perth, Western Australia, W.A.I.T, Bentley, Western Australia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, Private Collections U.K. Germany, Australia, and USA. Her work is most recently represented in Galleries, Markets and Fairs in Australia and USA including, Westminster Art Festival, 2023 Salem, Oregon, Metal Arts Gift Show 2023, McMinnville, The Gallery at Ten Oaks, McMinnville, Oregon, Johne Stromme and Friends Gallery, McMinnville, Oregon, Tubac Center of the Arts Member’s’ Open 2018 & 2019, Tubac Center of the Arts Gallery Shop 2018 to present.

Artist Statement:

It is my desire to bring elemental ideas from nature and from dreamscapes and transform them into creative objects that engage the observer and help them see the world around them in a deeper more meaningful way. Each piece tells its own story through my combination of materials, color, textures, and symbolism. I use a combination of materials; found and made objects, recycled and purchased elements turning the everyday into treasures. For me, the role of Art is to provide what reality does not. To make our relationship with our world more available to our awareness and bring harmony to people’s lives.