Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Susan Havens-Morris was raised in the rich international culture of the city. Susan holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She then spent the next 27 years working in Chicago Advertising Agencies as an Art Director and Creative Director. 2020 pandemic spawned her to create a new art experience—Haven Contemporary. My material choice is very conscious; I like to work on a larger scale. I want you to walk up to my painting and feel enveloped. Experience the detail up close. Using sweeping motions reminiscent of my day's silkscreening, layering, and overlapping creates a buzzy and fuzzy ground like a memory. Exhibited at the Ogden Museum's Louisiana Contemporary with "Tennis Court."
