Sue Housler, Artist

 

Sue Housler is a native of Buffalo, New York.  She has been painting since childhood. Sue studied art at SUNY Buffalo where she received her BFA in Fine Arts in 1989.

 

Sue studied sculpture in many forms including lost wax casting,  hammered copper,  and metal fabricating.  She has continued to work on canvas with oil and acrylics, and on paper with ink and water colors.  She has also studied print making and lithography, color and design.

 

In 1990 Sue studied Jewelry Design at Buffalo State University.

 

In 2000 Sue moved to Sanibel Island, Florida where she began to paint natural settings with an appreciation for the color and tropical beauty on Sanibel Island.

 

 In 2004 she became interested in the art of painting on clay and she began to explore Art on Tile.

 

The introduction of the term “Art Tile” in the last twenty years is meant to promote the individual tile artist who still uses the hand to make, form, and decorate the tiles.    

 

Sue is a member of Alliance for the Arts in Ft. Myers, Big Arts on Sanibel, and she is a member of the Hirdie Girdie Gallery on Sanibel.

 

 

“The introduction of the term Art Tile in the last 20 years is meant to promote the individual tile artist who still uses the hand to make, form and decorate the tiles. This term distinguishes the small studio tile artist from the mass produced industrial tile and promotes the return of the labour intensive artistic method of making tiles. Some tile artists will purchase standard mass produced bisque or glazed tile and then hand-paint the decoration. Other artists chose to hand-make, prepare and hand-paint the individual tiles. This later choice greatly increases the individual tile labour and dramatically impacts the volume of tiles produced. However, this later method uniquely individualizes each tile as a work of art, thus the Art Tile.”

– Phillip Read