Artist Statement
I am a serious artist-a playful one too – often at the same time.
The “Natural Mystic” of Laguna Beach formed me; I am a lucky girl.
I grew up in the hills and on the beaches of Laguna.My father was an artist who exhibited in the Festival of Arts, and I had an uncle who was a very serious painter, so I grew up thinking being an artist was a normal thing to do. Coming from an artist’s family, there were always art materials at my disposal: clay, paints, paper – I could play with all of them.
Pigment on paper, brush on canvas are my language. I paint and I make hand-pulled prints and monotypes. I don’t make reproductions (copies) of my work. When I make multiples they are hand made, drypoint etchings, or little charming watercolors of similar subjects but each hand painted. I work old school style; one at a time – with real materials – Authenticity is how I roll.
My imagery runs a gamut from playful images to landscapes and symbolic abstraction. A friend and mentor once said that my work is personal and expressive and that there is always the touch of the poet in it. That pretty much sums it up.
Artist Bio
Hedy Buzan was born in Laguna Beach, California. She studied printmaking at UC Santa Cruz. After graduation she printed her own lithographs and those of other artists at Pine Flat Press in Santa Cruz and at Bluestone Editions in Seattle; then joined the Peace Corps and served in the West Indies. This led to a job teaching drawing at the Edna Manley School of Art in Kingston, Jamaica. She returned to the United States and received a MFA in Design at The George Washington University.
Hedy Buzan taught courses in Drawing, Design, Printmaking and Color Theory as an adjunct instructor at Saddleback College. Ms. Buzanʼs studio is located at the Laguna Canyon Artists Complex on Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach.
She is currently working on a two year City grant (2024 – 2025) Creating Pathways: Codifying New Approaches to Abstraction which combines her own creative work and the development of a curriculum for teaching Abstract image making.