A local artist reaches out with her talent to donate items to charity events, for raffles and auctions.
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Northwest of Chicago an area artist launches a website with art work done on a variety of canvases, if it’s been recycled it is even more appealing to the Island Lake Artist. “Anything can be painted or drawn on”, says the self taught artist, Susie Kleiner having launched a website of her drawings, paintings & sketches, filling the pages with Rock Stars, Sunsets, Beaches or even Strangers who send in requests for gifts.
Susie Kleiner is a Stevie Ray Vaughan fan and has recently sent a piece of art to Cutter Brandenburg, a former road manager and friend of the late Vaughan, the drawing will be raffled off at the upcoming, SRV 14th Annual Memorial Ride on October 5th, 2008.
The in-depth drawing of a young Stevie, that was a taken from a shot of the guitar player at Auditorium Shores in Austin, where the Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue now resides. Susie Kleiner said “I intertwined many of the names that lead Stevie along his career path, throughout the design of his leafy shirt, it’s sort of my way of memorializing all those that were an influence as well as icons in our music history on their own”.
Being a self taught artist has been a struggle for Kleiner, it is quite tough to break into the professional markets, not being a juried artist, or having a degree, she has opted to just continue her work and enjoy what she does, via her new website:
“If my art can help put more money in the kiddy for local events, I feel that it is worth while”. Having donated to local charity events, Lindy’s Landing – Have a Seat for “Chair”ity – a Northwest Suburb Restaurant and Bar, Bear Necessities-A Pediatric Cancer Foundation based in Chicago, Kleiner will continue to seek out other functions that her work would be a welcome auction item.
Website: http://soul-to-soul.com | 
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