Curriculum Vitae
Artist - Sue Lederhose, nee Mollenhauer
Sue was born in Murgon, Queensland, in the baby boom of the post war era. She was raised on a mixed dairy farm, the middle child of 6 children. Primary schooling was completed
at Moffatdale and high school at Murgon. While at high school she dabbled in oil paints and developed an enduring love of country landscapes.
Her first teaching position was to Bamaga, the extreme tip of Cape York. The strong art culture of the traditional Islander people was inspiring and many of these
designs were used in her own fabric printing. Sue was transferred to in Mundubbera in 1980. Here she married, worked in all the schools around Mundubbera including
Eidsvold, ran a business, raised a family and generally became part of the community, the church and the volunteer groups. Her interest in art was confined to teaching
and promoting it in the schools.
At the beginning of 2002 she decided it was time to pursue the long held dream of learning to paint with watercolours. The transparent beauty and the flow of watercolours
were a strong attraction. Watercolour techniques were learnt from books obtained from the local library. In December of that year her fifth child was born but the art
continued.
During 2003 Sue was desperate to continue some form of art and so the year was spent with graphite and charcoal which fitted much better into her lifestyle with a
reflux baby. Even though working in black and white was a discipline, she now sees it as excellent training in tonal values.
2004 kicked off when Sue (and baby) completed a two-week watercolour course at the McGregor Summer School at the USQ. From there she has attended workshops
whenever possible. Sue's inspiration is anything in God's creation. She loves to paint landscapes, flowers and portraitures, both animal and people. Pastels and various
mixed media has been explored. Nothing is out of bounds or off limits!
Sue works from her own photos because this suits her. "I've got into the habit of taking my camera with me everywhere. I am continually building up a portfolio of
reference photos of animals, flowers and people shapes to be included in paintings at a later date. It's rare that I find a photo that I don't change in some way, whether
in composition, tone or colour. Often they are simply used as a reference for the landscape lines, which was the attraction in the first place." Life drawing from models,
once experienced at McGregor Summer schools, is also a delight. The artist has also made it a habit from the very beginning to take photos of finished works before
framing for her own records.
The artist prefers to work from a very limited palette as this helps to give her paintings unity. At the beginning of her watercolour experience she considered herself a
purist, wanting to paint only with transparent colours only. Now the artist believes in using any medium necessary to achieve the desired effect. Some of the mediums
she uses with watercolour include gouache, acrylic, charcoal, ink, pencils, oil and chalk pastels as well as acrylic textural mediums.
The artist has always entered as many art shows and exhibitions as possible and from the onset she has won prizes, first with her graphite and charcoal work, later
with her watercolours and her pastel work. She believes competitions are an excellent way to gauge the quality of your own work, expose artworks for sale and move
on towards professionalism.
Teaching art has been a goal for her from the beginning. She has found teaching art classes to be particularly rewarding. Her personal goals are to continue to learn
from other artists and develop her own style in graphite, charcoal, pastel and watercolour. Exhibiting widely and selling her work is part of her professional approach as
well as judging. The artist knows the she is only beginning an exciting journey that will take the rest of her life.
Art Associations
• Maryborough Art Society
• FOG, Wondai Art Gallery
• FOG, Gympie Regional Gallery
• Mundubbera Art Gallery
Judging
• Shows in the South, Central and North Burnett regions, 2007-2010
• 2010, Wondai Regional Gallery, South Burnett Regional Awards
Exhibitions
• 2010, Brown Gully Gallery, Roma
• 2010, Wondai Regional Gallery
• 2010, Biloela Cultural Centre
• 2010, Combined exhibition in Maryborough and Bundaberg, United Nations, 'Peace and Harmony'
• 2009, Mundubbera Regional Gallery, 'Yellow Days'
• 2005, Mt Perry Gallery, 'The Place Where I am'
• 2005, Monto Cultural Centre
• 2005, The Old Warehouse Gallery, Maryborough
Awards
• 2009, Gayndah Orange Festival, 1st traditional landscape
• 2009, Wondai open acquisitive, 1st watercolour
• 2009, Nanart, 1st & 2nd watercolour
• 2008, Mt Perry Fine Arts, 1st acquisitive watercolour
• 2008, Brigalow Art festival, Banana Shire Council acquisitive award
• 2008, QRWN, open, 1st & 2nd
• 2008, Wondai open acquisitive, 1st pastel
• 2008 Heritage City Art festival, Maryborough, 1st acquisitive religious art & 1st acquisitive pastel landscape
• 2007Gayndah Orange Festival, 1st traditional landscape
• 2007, Wondai Open acquisitive, 1st pastel
• 2007, Nanart, 1st watercolour
• 2007, Boondooma Homestead Heritage festival, 1st open
• 2007, Wondai, Flora and Fauna, 1st open
• 2006, Brigalow Arts festival, 1st emerging artist
• 2006 Laidley Art Festival, 1st watercolour
• 2006, Mt Perry Art festival, 1st watercolour
• 2006, Biggenden Art festival, 1st landscape
• 2005, Federal Member for Hinkler, Paul Neville chose a landscape for his 2005 Christmas calendar.
• 2005, Laidley Art Society, 1st contemporary
• 2005,Heritage City Art festival, Maryborough, 1st members award
• 2005, Wondai regional gallery, 1st rainforest secrets
• 2004, Mt Perry Fine Arts Exhibition, 1st traditional landscape and best in show
• 2003, Mt Perry Fine Arts Exhibition, 1st black and white, peoples choice and best in show
Galleries where work is represented
• Alpha 31, Maryborough
Links
• Wide Bay Gallery
• Maryborough Art Society
• Alpha 31 Gallery
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