Born and raised in New Jersey, Suzanne Taetzsch currently lives and works in Rhode Island. 

She trained as a metalsmith and earned a BFA from State University of New York at New Paltz. After exhibiting her metalwork for many years, a connection with other artists through a non-profit artists’ space led to a position there of Public Relations Coordinator, where she was introduced to photography and learned to work in the darkroom. This experience led to a body of photographs shot mainly at amusement parks and county fairs, incorporating all the chaotic color and movement of that atmosphere. These photos became painterly, and a selection were paired with poems she was writing at the time. This work was satisfying, but she was missing a direct and hands on approach to artmaking. When she found abstract painting it felt like coming home.

“I am most excited when my work exists somewhere between drawing and painting. I love the physicality of making marks and taking my time to consider the feelings, emotions, and deep sensation of expression. My work is further informed by pictorial language as well as the elements of movement in music and dance. As I play with my materials in an improvisational way, the inevitable surprises lead to the pleasure of continuous discovery.”