Susan’s passion is art. Flowers, portraits, and Maine scenes are among her favorite subjects for her oils, pastels, and
watercolors. Besides her Maine Event series highlighting images of island life, she has a floral series done in
gouache. Her portraits feature children and pets rendered in oils, pastels, and mixed media.

Susan has exhibited in Vinalhaven, Maine and at Seven Knots Gallery in Islesboro, Maine. Her works have been
accepted into numerous juried art shows. She earned her master of arts in illustration from Syracuse University
where she studied under such renowned illustrators as C. F. Payne, Murray Tinkelman, and Herb Tauss. She received
a bachelor of science in fine arts from Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts.

Susan has a communications design business called design2, llc located in Simsbury, Connecticut. She is also an art
and graphics professor at Gibbs College in Farmington, Connecticut. In her free time, Susan volunteers her talents
and time to Hartford Board of Education Special Olympics Team, National Kidney Foundation of Connecticut and the
Greater Connecticut Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.