David Suter

David Suter (born 1949) is an American artist known for his many years producing editorial illustrations for clients such as The Washington Post, Time, and The New York Times. Known as "Suterisms" his illustrations are notable for their use of bistable perception, in which Suter combines multiple images and concepts into a single image. Suter is also an accomplished fine art painter and sculptor.

Biography and illustration career Suter grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, the son of Richard Sturgis Suter, who worked in the CIA, and Angela Phillips Suter, an artist. He was influenced early on by the mathematically inspired work of M. C. Escher, at the University of Michigan. Upon completion of the fellowship, in 1978, Suter moved to New York City to pursue editorial illustration full-time. He quickly become sought after by such publications as The New York Times (both on the op-ed page and the book review), Time magazine (for whom he did a number of covers), Harper's Magazine, and the Chicago Tribune.

In the late 2000s he retired from editorial illustration to work full-time on his painting and sculpture practices.

Fine art The first exhibition of Suter's fine art—which he terms "Constructivist Expressionist" —was in 1996 at the Morgan Rank Gallery in East Hampton, New York.

Personal life Suter has four daughters: Valerie, Georgia, Charlotte, and Olivia.

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