ABOUT SUSAN

Susan is currently living in the coastal community of Ozona, Florida.  Her watercolor paintings and colored pencil  drawings are greatly influenced by the seaside surroundings of the Gulf Coast.  Whatever the subject bright primary colors draw you to her work.   While she pursued a career in accounting she kept her soul alive by taking art classes.  She has  attended watercolor workshops and colored pencil retreats to increase her knowledge in art as well as taking art classes at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center concentrating on drawing, watercolor and colored pencil.  As stated in the St. Petersburg Times article Artist Lives Her Dream :  " That dream always lived inside me.  Now I'm living the dream" http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/12/Northpinellas/Artist_lives_her_dream.shtml Susan had a colored pencil piece in CPSA's International Colored Pencil Show.   Her work has won awards and honorable  mentions.  She has participated in fine art and craft festivals throughout the state of Florida and has had her paintings in galleries around the local area, including a past exhibitor at the Rotary Centennial Nature Center at Honeymoon Island.  She currently has art exhibited at the Royal Heron Art Galllery and Studio in Ozona, FL.   Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, http://suncoastwatercolorsociety.com/ Florida Watercolor Society, http://floridawatercolor.org/ Colored Pencil Society of America http://www.cpsa.org/ http://www.cpsa-dc113.org/ Tarpon Springs Art  Association http://www.tarponspringsartassociation.com/index.html  PAVA - Professional Association of Visual Artists  http://pava-artists.org/ GFWC Woman's Club of Tarpon Springs Inc. http://www.tarponspringswomansclub.org/ Friends of the Island Parks http://www.islandparks.org/