Louisiana Stories by Susan Grissom

Summary of Louisiana Stories Exhibit:

I am a student of public history and I have chosen to explore Louisiana, its people, its stories, but most of all its rich spirit, that prevailed despite the damage from Katrina. I am approaching this blog as a cultural investigator of Louisiana, the most interesting and magical state in the country. I will show you what I discovered in the French Quarter and the Garden District and about the people there as well as the architecture and the beautiful sugarcane plantations onRiver Road that still exist. I hope I can help you to see how special this place is and its cultural importance. We can never give up on this unique place, the Louisianan spirit is a strong one and there is much to learn from them. -- Susan Grissom

About the Curator:

Susan Grissom is an award winning painter, printmaker,photographer independent curator and gallery director born in Tennessee. Working in mixed media, she incorporates age, texture, primitive symbolism and a strong sense of color in a modern way. One of her images has recently been used in a medical journal and for an ad campaign through an advertising agency in Sweden. Current projects are works that are inspired by Industrial and Environmental subjects and Disasters.

Susan began with a strong interest in Architectural Preservation and worked in Siena Italy on the Spannochia Estate through the Etruscan Foundation in early 1980’s. After Italy she worked as a decorative painter in the early 1980’s until 2007, working both nationally and internationally in private homes. A great desire to paint and a period of experimentation has turned into the abstract style and modern approach to the primitive that seemed to come so naturally, which led to collage works, printmaking and the subjects she captures in her photography.