About the artist

 

Susan Stover received an MFA from California College of Art, in Oakland, and a BFA from Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, both degrees concentrating in a combination of textiles and painting. Her professional experience includes teaching at U.C. Davis, lab technician at CCA, and 10 years at Jacquard Products, a manufacturer of textile pigments and dyes. She has presented at Craft and Hobby Association and National Art Materials Trade Association trade shows, the Interna¬tional Encaustic Artists Conference, and the Surface Design Conference. She teaches workshops nationally and internationally. Her paintings are in many private collections. In 2016 she was commissioned to make sev¬eral pieces for the American Ag Credit headquarters in Windsor, CA. Her work has been included in Encaus¬tic Revelation by Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch, in Studio Visit and Wax and Paper Workshop by Michelle Belto, in Expressive Collage by Crystal Neubauer, and in Gathering Clouds: A Magazine of Contemporary Art, FiberArts, Surface Design Journal, and American Craft magazines. 

 

Artist's statement

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Pattern and repetition are an integral part of my work because I investigate the use of repetition and struc¬ture and the significance of pattern in ethnic textiles. I study traditional textile processes such as dyeing, stamping, and fiber construction, which connects me to people in other cultures who work using the same techniques. I use these language elements to communicate and learn about symbolic meanings and beliefs. My goal is to bring together ethnic traditions and contemporary painting and sculpture.