Susie Cortez Will Reproduce Selected Whistler Painting at National Gallery in D.C.

By: Mar. 16, 2018
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Susie Cortez Will Reproduce Selected Whistler Painting at National Gallery in D.C. Born in El Salvador and living in the United States, Salvadoran Fine Artist Susie Cortez's interest in becoming an artist grew after moving from El Salvador to the United States. She found confidence from the comfort found in drawing, her parents' support and the support from the people of her homeland to whom she created art for. For Cortez, art is an escape from the prejudices of society.

Although originally wanting to become an Architect, she enrolled at the Art Center College of Design. There she learned about Fine Art, but felt the basics needed to reach her artistic goals were unfulfilled. She then became an instructor at the Larry Gluck's Mission: Renaissance Fine Art Studio in Encino where she has worked for the past 20 years perfecting her craft.

Susie Cortez is the first Fine Artist from El Salvador to reproduce Whistler's Painting 'Alice Butt', at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. .

In 2014 Susie found her preferred style after traveling to 25 different cities in Italy and learning from the work of the gran painter Michelangelo thus becoming a better well-rounded artist. She created over 30 works in pastel, charcoal and acrylic; over 3/4th's of which she sold a year later in Los Angeles. "Although I've had barriers in my career, I have also had successes that I am grateful for. But just like in any industry, I still have to prove myself as an artist."

Cortez's other works various mediums such as oils, watercolor, pastels, charcoal, mixed media, pen and ink, and acrylics. She has created several acrylic paintings of athletes, artists, and people that have inspired her and the community. She stands out for being an artist able to use each medium to communicate differently. From creating a very realistic soft oil portrait, to a loose colorful landscape with watercolors, or a dynamic colorful portrait in acrylics and a knife, depending on the medium, she can create different effects to communicate her work. What?

The original oil on canvas painting with overall 51.7 x 38.1 cm (20 3/8 x 15 in.) dimensions, by famous painter James McNeill Whistler is displayed at the National Gallery of Art. Set against a red background, Alice Butt is noteworthy for her disheveled hair and full, red lips; she looks directly at the viewer. Until the publication of the Whistler catalogue raisonné in 1980, this painting was identified only as "Head of a Girl."



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