suzy scarborough

My work is an attempt to create visual images of inner states of consciousness set against

the outer empirical world. I am interested in how different levels of consciousness alter

visual perception and interpretation of experience. I try to visualize the paradox of existence

in the dimension of time: the way we experience life one moment at a time yet perceive

time passing according to our cultural concept of time. This concept of time is associated with

the movement of the celestial spheres (empirical reality) and represented in my work by the

My work is an attempt to create visual images of inner states of consciousness set against

the outer empirical world. I am interested in how different levels of consciousness alter

visual perception and interpretation of experience. I try to visualize the paradox of existence

in the dimension of time: the way we experience life one moment at a time yet perceive

time passing according to our cultural concept of time. This concept of time is associated with

the movement of the celestial spheres (empirical reality) and represented in my work by the

use of symbols ( including numbers, diagrams, computer circuit boards, etc.) I hope my

paintings capture something of the feel of poetry in visual images.