Background
Suggs was born in Fort Worth, Texas and grew up in San Diego.
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Don Suggs
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He received a Bachelor of Arts in 1969 from University of California, Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles), having studied psychology, film, and art
Career
His paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures are notable for their use of color. He received both an Master of Arts in 1971 and an Master of Fine Arts in Art in 1972 from University of California, Los Los Angeles Suggs taught drawing, painting, sculpture and color theory from 1972-1984 at Florida State University at Tallahassee, Franconia College in New Hampshire, University of Southern California, and Otis Art Institute. Since 1983 he has been teaching painting and drawing at University of California, Los Los Angeles Over the years, he has been co-editor with Paul Vangelisti of several non-profit art and literature publications: Boxcar, Forehead, and Ribot.
He has published four art and poetry books, collaborating with Paul Vangelisti and Martha Ronk.
Suggs currently lives and works in Los Los Angeles During his career, Suggs has worked in three to five year periods with a particular style.
Suggs" major bodies of work include Passions, Autochthonous Views, Proprietary Views, Portraits, Old Genres, Heuristic Paintings, Tondototems, Paint Ons and Feastpoles. Suggs" work is widely varied, including geometric abstraction, abstract expressionism, conceptualism, photorealism and popular art
Due to this he has been described as "an artist"s artist".
Exhibitions Since 1970, Suggs" works have been included in many solo and group exhibitions across the United States. He is represented by Los Angeles Louver gallery in Venice, California.
