December 10, 2016
BLOOM ART CENTER
by Suzy Schultz
There is a first innocence—a beauty that is young, unmarred, untested. There is a second innocence—one in which the beauty is a result of the scars borne from the battles of life. I am interested in this second innocence. —Suzy Schultz
“I work the surface. I sand, layer, and scar, wanting to reproduce a piece that has a patina of age, and it is out of these surfaces that figures emerge” she says, painting faces that show the scars of life. Schultz has little formal art training but benefited from exposure to her mother’s painting from an early age. After several years of teaching math she found herself doing graphic design which ultimately led to an opportunity to do illustration. Encouraged by her mentor to quit and paint full-time that’s what she’s been doing since 1995. This beautiful work is not easy to find, tucked into an alcove toward the back of the Bloom Art Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, but is well worth the effort. @suzyschultz11 @startbloomin @scenesfromthesidewalk