Susan Goethel Campbell Decent of Eagles Diptych Signed Pounce Brush on Paper

A contemporary diptych titled “Decent of Eagles” by Cranbrook artist Susan Goethel Campbell. Signed and dated 2009 bottom right corner. Pounce brush with eagle feather stencil on paper. A unique minimalist composition depicting the power of nature. There is an understated quality while also illustrating a sense of drama. Campbell considers the contemporary landscape to be an emergent system where nature, culture and the engineered environment are indistinguishable from one another. Central to her practice is the collection, documentation and observation of seasonal change and ephemera in both natural and artificial environments. Her work is realized in several formats, including installation, video, prints and drawings, as well as projects that engage communities to look at local and global environments (per artist’s website). An opportunity to collect a powerful pair of artworks by a Cranbrook-alumni artist. Dimensions: 35.5”h x 31.5”w x 1.5”d (framed). In excellent condition. 

Provenance: From the private collection of Jack Butler in Metro Detroit. Acquired direct from the artist. Butler is a creator, ceramicist, and graphic designer. Butler was CEO and Founder of Butler Graphics, Inc. In the 1990s he began collaborating on philanthropic art projects, including the initial People Mover Mural Project. During this time, he became friends with many Detroit creatives, which included Charles McGee, Glen Michaels, Lester Johnson, John Glick, and Susan Goethel Campbell to name a few. Butler collaborated with Michaels on several artistic projects.

Susan Goethel Cambell (1956- ) earned an MFA in printmaking from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Her work has been exhibited internationally in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Slovenia and nationally throughout the US, including, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Queens Art Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Grand Rapids Art Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, The Drawing Center, and The International Print Center New York. In 2009 she was one of 18 artists selected for the inaugural Kresge Artist Fellowship. Campbell has been awarded residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Flemish Center for Graphic Arts, the Jentel Foundation, Beisinghoff Print residency and the Print Research Institute of North Texas. She taught studio art for 15 years at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit and has been a visiting artist in numerous institutions in the United States and abroad. Her work is in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, New York Public Library, Detroit Institute of Arts, Toledo Museum of Art and the University of Michigan Special Collections Library.