Some Numbers
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33
Number of years I’ve lived in Vermont
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23
Age of my daughter. She loves old pickup trucks, her horse Cora, her Australian shepherd pup and works in mental health.
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35
Years married to a writer, bicycle enthusiast, lifelong student of the Spanish language and champion of all things humanities.
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2023
The year I made Sue Schlabach Creative LLC my full time gig.
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27
Years I worked at fine art publisher/licenser Wild Apple. I was the Creative Director for 14 years.
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182
Number of yellow items in my life (as of yesterday).
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5
The number of months when it’s warm enough for me to paint en plein air. (I work in acrylics.)
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3
Number of chords I can play on
the ukelele. It is an old Martin ukelele that belonged to my Grandpa Glass.
Hi there.
Creative thinking and doing is my daily practice and what I most want to share with others.
In my home studio I am a painter and fiber artist. Afield I am a visual storyteller, getting behind my camera to document the creative lives of artists and makers in Vermont and beyond. Other days I’m designing for paper and the web, writing or teaching. Contact me to discuss your creative project.
My studio is the former taproom of an 1830s brick house.
In 2017 we bought a house with a name: The Little Brick had sat empty for a few years. It took 11 months to banish the mouse nests, open up a few walls, strip acres of wallpaper, tear out falling ceilings and repair plaster walls. Then we sanded uneven floors on our hands and knees. And did thousands of other difficult—yet satisfying—tasks.
We set about thinking of it as a 2,000 square foot art project, beginning–as you do–with painting the refrigerator yellow.
We hired two carpenters, an electrician and a plumber to do what we couldn’t do ourselves. And now we live inside the result of all that labor. We’re keeping the mice at bay, and cooking, gardening, writing and making art…the direct manifestation of a pivotal moment for me as an artist.
