Susan Fecho

www.fecho.org

Susan Fecho, prominent and award-winning Eastern North Carolina artist, is a resident of historic Tarboro , NC . Her lifelong devotion to art includes over twenty years of teaching and working with art students in the United States and abroad. She holds an advanced degree (M.F.A. 1988) from East Carolina University ( Greenville , NC ).

"My recent work interprets the past as a personal, cultural, and archetypal artifact. I research historical iconography associated with women and family, presenting varied interpretations resulting from culture and gender. The human body, architectural unit, and surrounding landscape become metaphors in my work. Trained as a traditional printmaker, I am intrigued by the richness and variety inherent in varied techniques, especially handmade paper and mixed media.

For me, art is a blending of history that integrates disparate elements.Storytelling is at the core of my work, with the sculptural book as a mode of telling stories, expressing feelings, and sharing imagery. I continue to investigate how structure and form can contribute to content. My mixed media works merge with the artist books: they have a common conceptual origin in journal writing and on-site sketching".