Susan’s painting journey began in Seattle, WA in 2010, after many successful years as a freelance illustrator. With clients including IBM, Simon & Schuster, Time Life Books, and the Miami Herald, this career was lucrative. But when her desire to make more personal work deepened, she began to carve out creative time in the studio. Her practice evolved into a steady connection to the work she was making. What she discovered in this practice was a world of magic and metaphor in a process that informs her life.
Susan returned to PA in 2014, after 20 years in the Pacific NW. She paints in her studio in Southern Chester County, and shows her work at Art & Light Gallery in Greenville, SC and Museo Gallery in Langley, WA. Susan has coached thousands of artists and in 2023 began offering destination retreats and workshops through ARTfuel Studio.