This web site displays art work produced by Suzanne Manning. These art pieces are mostly oil on stretched canvas and arcylic on stretched canvas. The designs are abstract and contemporary. The colours used are very bright and can be noticed from a distance. The colours are not mixed with other colours but are used straight from the paint tube. White is used to add some shading to make the shapes more interesting.

The designs are not based on reality but on imagination. Many viewers like to relate the shapes to reality however by imagining how the shapes can relate to a real thing. Many viewers enjoy looking at the artwork without needing to analyse it, just enjoying the colours and how they interact with each other.

Suzanne likes working with spiral designs, and has had to find ways of making a round design work on rectangle and square canvases. So far she has been unsuccessful in using a round canvas due to costs.

Suzanne loves to create images from her imagination. Many are produced by just idly doodling on her notepad when bored. She then photocopies these images and enlarges them by 500% or more and places them on canvas.

After the image has been transferred Suzanne then paints it using brightly colored oil and acrylic paints. The effect is spectacular and brightens the room in which the painting is hung.

The canvas sizes are quite large and Suzanne paints them flat on her kitchen table. She does not like using an easel because there is more control of her hand when it is laid down flat on the canvas.

Suzanne has been creating artwork since very young and has always found imagination a greater attraction than reality. Many people who view her work love to create stories out of the shapes and each person has their own opinion on what is there on the canvas.

Suzanne Manning is based in Melbourne in the state of Victoria, Australia.