ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is inspired by the natural world – while also responding to the vernacular. The focus of my work is often a result of locational surroundings along the winding roads of the Tidewater regions to Appalachia [born/raised Appalachian, long term resident of Tar-Pamlico River Basin]. These sites are filled with sensory experiences that include historic vernacular and indigenous botanicals. The works include a personal examination of the symbolic connection between a cultivated landscape and the journey of life. Before I construct a piece, I construct its meaning – a story—matrix of personal, cultural, and archetypal associations within which my assembled fragments will find their place. I imagine these fragmented surfaces, placed in space, informing, and concealing deeper meanings. My multi-media methods include printmaking, fiber, illustration, and assemblage – which invites viewers to examine and engage with orchestrated expressive textures and forms.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Susan Fecho specializes in multi-media printmaking, surface designer, and illustration with a M.F.A. from ECU, and botanical illustration certificate from NCBG. Fecho has exhibited nationally, and internationally – and has received numerous awards, grants, and residencies. Fecho, born in Virginia and long-term resident of North Carolina, is connected to “place” – she has a deep appreciation for the natural world of North Carolina, her home. Fecho’s illustrations have appeared in scientific journals such as Nature Reviews Urology, The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, The Journal of Urology, and The Neuronal & Systems Mechanisms of Affective Touch & Therapeutic Tissue Manipulation Research (NeuronS_MATTR) Network.
© Susan Fecho