Susan has been making art or learning about art for most of her life except when work to earn a living intervened. She recently completed a 3 year Master Artist Program (MAP) at The Compass Atelier, taught by Glen Kessler. She has also been upgrading her drawing skills taking online classes at BarnstoneStudios.com taught by Myron Barnstone and his successors. She is also working for Barnstone Studios cataloging his work and managing digital files. Her current artistic interest is in using color to portray energy and the effects of light as well as mark making with a variety of brushes and palette knives.