Susan Ritter. Art as catalyst for social change. 1997 Arrrt.

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6/15/98

1997 Work

1997 found me in the resumption of image-making after a very long - over four years - hiatus. It was very difficult to find something that I wanted to work on, so I just tried to work from where I was standing, literally. I found many, many directions in this difficult year, but the most successful result was finding my voice with an image,
finding my self-confidence and
personal strength within my own definitions, limiting the measure by commercial world. Little did I know, that, five years later, I would still be struggling with the exact same
issues, just from a different side.

On this page, the one image to the
right, should.shoULD.SHOULD. is
one of my favorites of all time. In an effort to identify the *shoulds* that I
was unknowingly bound by, I inscribed on the background many *shoulds* of my current state of life. Statements
like "I should have a good job. I should have gone to an ivy-league school.
I should mow my lawn. I should act appropriately. I should not want to kill my neighbor's dog." appear on the painting. People seem to be very,
very attracted to this piece.

On this page is a sampling of 1997.
Pieces vary in size, but most are
large - 5 - 6ft in longest side.