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Suzanne Cerny - Fine Artist
At the present time I am teaching art to elders which is very rewarding. I am exhibiting jazz art paintings at the Jazz Heritage Center in San Francisco. I have an online gallery at the Visual Jazz Section at www.jazz.com/
Some of my mentors are John Singer Sargent for portraiture and abstract landscapes, Joaquin Sorolla for sense of light, Rembrandt for drawing and Matisse for simplicity of design and color. I took workshops with Ovannes Berberian still life and landscape, Paul Tebo, advanced drawing at the Drawing Studio and with Kurt Andersen in Tucson, AZ., as well as Ray Strong and Michael Drury for landscape and design in Santa Barbara.
I studied at the Cooper Union Institute for Science and Art in NYC and also at the High School of Music and Art.
I spent 4 years in the Yukon Territory, Canada where I lived wilderness style in a cabin on the river. At the conclusion of my stay there I designed a 500 sq foot mural for the Whitehorse, Y.T. City Hall, depicting the history of the Klondike. This mural was executed in wood plywood relief by a local cabinet maker from Denmark, name of Kurt.
I have created both public and private murals in the Santa Barbara area, and taken commissions for family portraits. Most notable was a work created for the John Coltrane family for Alice Coltrane's 60th Birthday.
