Susan and Scott Goewey
Spinner, Weaver, Dyer, Painter, Potter, Custom Concrete Casting
and Goodness Knows What Next...
By Steppin' Out Staff
Our visit to Susan and Scott Goewey's modest home and studio on Saturday of Art Loop weekend was pleasant and enjoyable. Frankly, it's hard not to like this couple who -- like several other artistic couples we met that weekend -- seem to constantly immerse themselves in the process of creating new art. As we viewed their art and talked with them about the various projects they had worked on or were working on, we were impressed with both the energy and commitment they devote to the process of creating new art in their particular areas of talent and interest.
Susan is a talented and experienced fiber artist who has devoted many years to honing and refining her skills as a weaver, dyer and spinner of fibers of various types. After decades of working in this media, the hangable art and tapestries she creates are remarkably detailed and beautiful. Standing before of one of Susan's creations and studying it, one can't help but be impressed with the beauty of what she creates and the level of effort and detail she puts into each piece. Susan clearly knows what she’s doing and is very good at it. We saw not a single piece of her fiber art we would not be proud to hang in our home or that wouldn’t look great in just about any home, gallery or fine arts venue we could think of. We thoroughly enjoyed viewing and studying Susan's works in an effort to appreciate and gain insight into the understated but impressive lady who created them. To our surprise, each of her fiber artworks is as lovely and pleasant to view as any painting or other art product we saw that weekend. As we discovered with the works of other artists we met, no photograph can do Susan's art justice. You simply must see and touch her works to appreciate her skill and talent in working with fiber.
As is often the case with highly creative people, having one remarkable talent and skill set wasn't enough for Susan. So, a few years ago she began painting in acrylics and watercolors with the same single-minded focus she had devoted to refining her fiber-art skills years before. As a result, she has managed to develop a second artistic talent that after just a few years is already challenging her fiber skills as the art she "does best”. Her paintings are done in many styles including impressionist, contemporary, and classical. They also represent a wide range of subjects, techniques and perspectives. The pieces we saw included landscapes and still-life paintings in both watercolors and acrylics. We enjoyed the spectrum and range of her work a great deal. We agreed later Susan is one artist who doesn’t limit herself to a single aspect or style of painting. She obviously enjoys jumping into the middle of new puddles with both feet and explores the medium and all of its possibilities with all the passion one might devote to a new lover. We’re convinced other art lovers will enjoy witnessing Susan’s evident love affair with pallet, brush and canvas. We certainly did.
After a half hour or so of exploring Susan’s art, we finally got around to studying Scott’s equally-impressive collection of handmade pottery. Here too we were not disappointed. Scott Goewey’s pottery creations were just as stunning and attractive to look at as his wife’s paintings and fiber art had been earlier. His pottery creations included everything from flat hand-inscribed wall plaques to tall long-necked water vessels and just about every imaginable shape and size in between. Like the artist himself, the colors and glazes on his works are never flamboyant or flashy but are reminiscent of pottery styles that have been popular and common in the American Southwest for uncounted centuries. We saw no piece of his work that failed to reflect the great skill of this potter and each of his clay ‘children’ testified silently to the part of Scott that seems to become a part of every work of clay he creates. Like Susan, Scott is extremely modest about his accomplishments and seemed not at all prideful when we complimented his work.
As is the case with his partner, Scott doesn’t limit himself to a single artistic focus or even to the classic definitions of “pottery” either. After noticing and inquiring about the attractively sculptured flagstones in their garden we learned Scott has been experimenting with clay and plaster model sculpting. The models are used to create custom molds. Later he uses the molds for concrete casting. That’s how he created the attractive custom-designed flagstones we spotted in their garden. This lead to an interesting discussion about his casting experiments and the successes and failures he has experienced in developing his process.
By this point it should be clear we thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Susan and Scott’s studio. They are a fascinating artistic couple who never seem to tire when it comes to expanding their skills or broadening their knowledge into new fields of artistic endeavor. They are also quite modest and diffident about their creative talents. This seemed noteworthy and refreshing to us because they are each quite capable in their chosen areas of specialty. If your travel or tourism plans include passing through Carrizozo at any time in the near future, we recommend calling 648-2769 in advance to arrange a private visit to the Goewey’s studio. You won’t be disappointed and like us, you may well leave the place feeling your have made two new friends. To see examples of the Goewey’s art, visit their special Art Loop gallery (http://www.steppinoutnewmexico.com/pp-514/showgallery.php?mcats=all&si=goewey&what=title&condition=and) here on Steppin’ Out.
Spinner, Weaver, Dyer, Painter, Potter, Custom Concrete Casting
and Goodness Knows What Next...
By Steppin' Out Staff
Our visit to Susan and Scott Goewey's modest home and studio on Saturday of Art Loop weekend was pleasant and enjoyable. Frankly, it's hard not to like this couple who -- like several other artistic couples we met that weekend -- seem to constantly immerse themselves in the process of creating new art. As we viewed their art and talked with them about the various projects they had worked on or were working on, we were impressed with both the energy and commitment they devote to the process of creating new art in their particular areas of talent and interest.
Susan is a talented and experienced fiber artist who has devoted many years to honing and refining her skills as a weaver, dyer and spinner of fibers of various types. After decades of working in this media, the hangable art and tapestries she creates are remarkably detailed and beautiful. Standing before of one of Susan's creations and studying it, one can't help but be impressed with the beauty of what she creates and the level of effort and detail she puts into each piece. Susan clearly knows what she’s doing and is very good at it. We saw not a single piece of her fiber art we would not be proud to hang in our home or that wouldn’t look great in just about any home, gallery or fine arts venue we could think of. We thoroughly enjoyed viewing and studying Susan's works in an effort to appreciate and gain insight into the understated but impressive lady who created them. To our surprise, each of her fiber artworks is as lovely and pleasant to view as any painting or other art product we saw that weekend. As we discovered with the works of other artists we met, no photograph can do Susan's art justice. You simply must see and touch her works to appreciate her skill and talent in working with fiber.
As is often the case with highly creative people, having one remarkable talent and skill set wasn't enough for Susan. So, a few years ago she began painting in acrylics and watercolors with the same single-minded focus she had devoted to refining her fiber-art skills years before. As a result, she has managed to develop a second artistic talent that after just a few years is already challenging her fiber skills as the art she "does best”. Her paintings are done in many styles including impressionist, contemporary, and classical. They also represent a wide range of subjects, techniques and perspectives. The pieces we saw included landscapes and still-life paintings in both watercolors and acrylics. We enjoyed the spectrum and range of her work a great deal. We agreed later Susan is one artist who doesn’t limit herself to a single aspect or style of painting. She obviously enjoys jumping into the middle of new puddles with both feet and explores the medium and all of its possibilities with all the passion one might devote to a new lover. We’re convinced other art lovers will enjoy witnessing Susan’s evident love affair with pallet, brush and canvas. We certainly did.
After a half hour or so of exploring Susan’s art, we finally got around to studying Scott’s equally-impressive collection of handmade pottery. Here too we were not disappointed. Scott Goewey’s pottery creations were just as stunning and attractive to look at as his wife’s paintings and fiber art had been earlier. His pottery creations included everything from flat hand-inscribed wall plaques to tall long-necked water vessels and just about every imaginable shape and size in between. Like the artist himself, the colors and glazes on his works are never flamboyant or flashy but are reminiscent of pottery styles that have been popular and common in the American Southwest for uncounted centuries. We saw no piece of his work that failed to reflect the great skill of this potter and each of his clay ‘children’ testified silently to the part of Scott that seems to become a part of every work of clay he creates. Like Susan, Scott is extremely modest about his accomplishments and seemed not at all prideful when we complimented his work.
As is the case with his partner, Scott doesn’t limit himself to a single artistic focus or even to the classic definitions of “pottery” either. After noticing and inquiring about the attractively sculptured flagstones in their garden we learned Scott has been experimenting with clay and plaster model sculpting. The models are used to create custom molds. Later he uses the molds for concrete casting. That’s how he created the attractive custom-designed flagstones we spotted in their garden. This lead to an interesting discussion about his casting experiments and the successes and failures he has experienced in developing his process.
By this point it should be clear we thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Susan and Scott’s studio. They are a fascinating artistic couple who never seem to tire when it comes to expanding their skills or broadening their knowledge into new fields of artistic endeavor. They are also quite modest and diffident about their creative talents. This seemed noteworthy and refreshing to us because they are each quite capable in their chosen areas of specialty. If your travel or tourism plans include passing through Carrizozo at any time in the near future, we recommend calling 648-2769 in advance to arrange a private visit to the Goewey’s studio. You won’t be disappointed and like us, you may well leave the place feeling your have made two new friends. To see examples of the Goewey’s art, visit their special Art Loop gallery (http://www.steppinoutnewmexico.com/pp-514/showgallery.php?mcats=all&si=goewey&what=title&condition=and) here on Steppin’ Out.
Give them our best regards, please...