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Bridget Z. Sullivan

Design / Digital, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Visual / Media

Rooted in photography and sustained observation of Nature, my work depicts the push and pull between humans and their visual and digital realm.
In the meeting of hand rendered mark making and digitally produced images the visual and symbolic significance of life and death, and the human experience of moving through periods of health and illness are considered.

About the Artist

Artist, gallerist and educator, Bridget Z. Sullivan, actively creates and presents her artwork, and presents the artwork of other artists while investigating and inventing new methods of art making using contemporary tools in her art practice. As a volunteer she serves as the president (2012-present) and curatorial director (2013-present) of Hamilton Arts Collective | Hamilton Gallery located in NE Baltimore. Sullivan exhibits in solo and group exhibitions which have included exhibits at: Gromley Gallery, MaxGallery, School 33 Art Center, MAP, Load of Fun Gallery, Make Studio, and Jordan Faye Contemporary all in Baltimore, Maryland; Blackrock Art Center, Germantown, MD, Greenbelt Art Center, Greenbelt, Maryland; Adkins Arboreteum, Ridgely, Maryland; Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, Maryland; Ruby Art Collective, York Pennsylvania, and WomanKraft Gallery, Tucson, Arizona. On two occasions Sullivan was selected to serve as a volunteer in the National Park Service Artist in Residency (AIR) Program– in Acadia National Park, Schoodic Peninsula, Maine, and in Catoctin Mountain Park, Thurmont, Maryland.  Sullivan has been awarded 2 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist’s Grants, and her work has been featured in AfterImage: Inklight, and URHere Journal of Creative Geography.

Bridget Z. Sullivan website www.bridgetZsullivan.com Bridget Z. Sullivan website Baker Artist website Bridget Z. Sullivan website HAC | Hamilton Gallery

Artist's Statement

Sullivan’s work is a crossing of mediums (digital photography, drawing and painting) that explores nature and the urban environment with a combination of reverence and intimate expression. The images survey natural and human made elements from many angles and distances. These depictions are enhanced and abstracted by painterly additions of color and text. The rich natural images converge with gestural strokes and emotive language that allows the viewer to engage with the greater implications of the subjects. Sometimes these embellishments are delicate; sometimes they obliterate the subject into a space of wonder.  

Featured Work

Photos

Photographic image of forest after forest fire. Neutral color palette. Barren and fallen trees on tall hillside. Bold marks of value and color applied using acrylic paint, graphite, charcoal and oil pastel. Drawn and painted marks extend beyond the square hard edge of the photograph.
Photographic image of forest after forest fire. Neutral color palette. Barren and fallen trees on tall hillside. Two large blackened trees in foreground. Bold marks of value and color applied using acrylic paint, graphite, charcoal and oil pastel. Drawn and painted marks extend beyond the square hard edge of the photograph.
Photographic image of forest after forest fire. Neutral color palette. Barren and fallen trees on tall hillside with a large exploded bolder in foreground. Bold marks of value and color applied using acrylic paint, graphite, charcoal and oil pastel. Drawn and painted marks extend beyond the square hard edge of the photograph.
Photographic image of edge Aspen tree forest. Black and white with gray color palette. Bold marks of value and color applied using acrylic paint, graphite, charcoal and oil pastel. Drawn and painted marks extend beyond the square hard edge of the photograph.
Up close photographic image of twisted tree roots at edge of water. Black and white color palette with large areas of intense blue and smaller areas of red. Bold marks of value and color applied using acrylic paint, graphite, charcoal and oil pastel. Drawn and painted marks extend beyond the square hard edge of the photograph.
Up close photographic image of twisted tree roots at edge of water. Black and white color palette. Bold marks of value and color applied using acrylic paint, graphite, charcoal and oil pastel. Drawn and painted marks extend beyond the square hard edge of the photograph.