About S.V. Medaris

S.V. Medaris (Sue)
Artist S.V. Medaris with one of her models (Liberace, a buff laced polish rooster)

was born in California in 1962, and grew up in the Midwest. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Fine Art degree, and travelled and lived in various parts of México and Central America. Later, Sue settled down in Wisconsin and graduated from Madison Area Technical College (Wisconsin) with a Commercial Art degree. During this latter educational experience, she discovered the world of illustration** and how to communicate with visual art. From there, Sue made the transition back into Fine Art – with oils, pastels and intaglio – portraying the drama of rural life on the farm.

What's new Summer 2008

Fellow artist and friend, Alicia Rheal is joining me in the annual Madison Central Library exhibit in October. The theme is "The Seasons on the Farm," and the opening will be on Gallery Night, Friday, October 3, 2008. "Rocket J. Feels His Oats" (at left, part of a new series) will be on display, as well as more "seasonal" artwork and displays explaining what goes on at the farm as the seasons change....

In the news:

2007 "Fitchburg's pigs: Mostly gone but still fondly remembered," – Fitchburg Star (WI)
2007 Featured Artist, – Art in Wisconsin, March/April issue
2006 "Animal Farm” by Kent Williams – Isthmus (WI)
2005 "Wisconsin Artist Paints Farm Dogs” by Kelli Gunderson – Agri-View (WI)
2005 “Come! Look! Stay! Library Art Show Explores The Life Of Farm Dogs” by Susan Troller/Capital Times(WI)
2005 “Winged Migration ...To Wausau”– Wisconsin State Journal (WI)
2005 “Birds in Art 2005” exhibit catalog (WI)
2005 “Poultry Portraitist” by Laura Kearney – Wisconsin Trails, July/August issue
2004 “Instead of counting her chickens,...” , by Susan Lampert Smith – Wisconsin State Journal (WI)
2004 “The Chicken Show” – Mary Janes Farm magazine (USA)

Currently, the artist resides on a farm in Southern Wisconsin with her family, amidst (many) chickens, dogs, cats, peafowl, turkeys, and pigs from which she draws inspiration for life and art. After 3 successful solo exhibitions: "A One Chick Show: Of Cocks and Hens" (Oct. 2004), "The Lives of Farm Dogs" (Oct. 2005), and "The Whole Hog" (Oct. 2007), Sue is continuing to create more oils, pastels, and etchings of farm life around her. You can see her work at upcoming shows, and at Artisan Gallery in Paoli, WI.

The Farmer's Wife*, pen and ink on paper

**Past illustration clients include Meriter Health Services, Inc., University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Steven's Point/WI Lakes Partnership, Pleasant Company for Mattel, The Nature Conservancy, Isthmus weekly newspaper, Henry Vilas Zoo, American Heart Association, Talk Works, Inc., CUNA Service Group, American Family Insurance, Lands’ End, Orlando Weekly, The Geo Group, The PEC Foundation, Grote Publishing, TDS, Ginkgo Press, Berbee Info. Network Corporation.