Sue Tirrell
Sue Tirrell is a potter and sculptor who incorporates western culture and art with contemporary folk art influences. While narrative sculpture is her true passion in clay; functional pots are her first love and she always finds time to make them. Tirrell’s illustrated functional pottery provides a canvas for playful, animated drawings of the wild and domestic animals living in her neighborhood.
Sue Tirrell at MudFire
Gallery group show Draw + Decal, July 2009
Sue Tirrell Artist Bio
Born and raised in Red Lodge, MT, Sue Tirrell received a BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1997. She served as Education Director for the Custer County Art & Heritage Center in Miles City, MT for seven years where she implemented arts education outreach to rural schools and communities. She has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT; California State University, Chico; and the Custer County Art & Heritage Center in Miles City. Tirrell's work has been included in regional and national juried and invitational exhibitions and she is represented regionally by Visions West Gallery in Denver, Livingston & Bozeman, Toucan Gallery in Billings, MT; Dana Gallery in Missoula, MT; ArtFusion in Big Fork, MT and the Holter Museum Sales Gallery, Helena, MT. She currently lives in Pray, MT where she maintains a studio and provides art workshops to area schools.
Sue Tirrell Artist Statement
Narrative sculpture is my true passion in clay; however, functional pots are my first love and I always find time to make them. My pots help me unwind and have a little fun in the studio-they come together faster than my sculptures do and provide a canvas for playful, animated drawings of the wild and domestic animals living in our neighborhood. As I take pleasure in tea each morning from a handmade cup, I know that someone out there is finding one of my cups, filling it, and enjoying a gift from my home and my hands.
