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Suzi began exploring art in her mid 30’s. She was no stranger to art however as she grew up watching her mom and late brother paint. After the untimely death of her first husband, Doug Zefting, her love of creating art began with a drawing class with G.A. Sheller at the Creative Workshop at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY. When Suzi discovered that she had a talent for that she progressed to taking watercolor classes with M. Wendy Gwirtzman and then onto colored pencil with Sari Gaby.
After devoting time to her children, Brett and Lindsay, Suzi dove back into the art community when her youngest (Lindsay) went off to college in 2002. She has resumed taking watercolor classes with Wendy Gwirtzman and expanded her horizons by studying pastel and portraiture with Sari Gaby. Suzi is inspired everyday by the works of both artists, as well as the artists she has come to know and love through her affiliations with Wendy and Sari. She hopes that her paintings convey a story to the viewer, and she hopes that they make the viewer smile.
Portraits are her favorite subjects to paint at the moment. Suzi strives to create the closest likeness she can while attempting to give the viewer some insight to the subject’s soul. In some respects she finds the process of creating a portrait to be a form of meditation. The face becomes a landscape of shapes and values.
Suzi is proud to be a member of the Penfield Art Association, the Rochester Art Club, the Vermont Pastel Society, and the Rochester Area Colored Pencil Club. She has won numerous awards, including Best in Show in June 2006 for a portrait of her son with the Penfield Art Association.
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Suzi is thankful for her family’s endless support in her artistic endeavors ---her husband, Gary; her children, Brett and Lindsay; her stepchildren, Kim and Jeff; and her mom, Barb. She is also grateful for her many artistic friends (practicing and non-practicing, and you know who you are!) and their continuous support, guidance, and inspiration. Perhaps her biggest inspiration comes from an eternal connection to her late brother, Les, and her aspirations to continue creating what he is no longer able to do. “Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one” |