Shallotte River / oil / 30 x 24
Comments from reviews of
Sneddon’s work over the years:
A Durham, NC, critic has said:
“Her scenes, which are so similar but so different, are about the light and the shapes; the water and the land are just the means by which she finds their essence and abstracts them into something much more than a traditional landscape. . . . (Sneddon’s) views change with the tides and with the moon. She shows us the many infinite patterns the water makes as it moves to and from the shore. She considers it from every angle, in every light, and in many different mediums.”
The same critic earlier observed:
“While dealing with familiar subjects —nature — in a realistically simple fashion, the artist leads us into new territory. Things are not as they seem. Nothing is easy. The work takes more than a quick look.”
From a show held at Moonshell Gallery in Hilton Head, SC, a reviewer said:
“Sneddon favors an approach to the re-creation of her subjects that is uniquely hers. Her special spin, her angle, her view and her interpretation amount to far more than the images in question. . . . Sneddon offers equal doses of detail and of mystery.”
A show held at Carteret Contemporary Art in Morehead City, NC, led gallery owner, Charles Jones, to observe:
“What’s interesting about a lot of Sue’s work is people’s reaction to it. People will see a piece, walk away, then come back to see it again. Art is often like that, but her pieces are very much like that. It’s as though people have a delayed emotional response to her work.”
Another gallery owner who represents the artist (and it is an observation heard over and over from many viewers of Sneddon’s work) commented:
“Sue Sneddon's work has changed the way I look at the world every day. I used to go to the beach. Now I see it.”
Copyright © 2015 Sue Sneddon