Susan Brown
(650) 218-0906
http://www.susanbrownfineart.com
Artist Bio:
Ohio-born Susan Brown grew up with European parents, who introduced her to art at an early age. Susan painted and drew from childhood, winning a state-wide award at age twelve. After retiring in 2016 from a career in technology/bio-tech, she devoted herself to her painting career. Highlights include invitation to the Florence Biennial 2025, American Women Artist Award, 2023, Artist Residency, Vallauris, France, 2022, Important World Artists VI (one of 10 artists sponsored to be in the 2024 volume VI). Her painting, "Davenport Evening," is in the San Diego Museum of Art
"Highlights of the Artist Guild" Exhibition, Nov. 2024 through March, 2025.
Susan’s background as a watercolor artist provided her the experience in use of light, shadow and negative space, and how to maintain freshness in her painting. Susan continued her art passion and education in acrylic, oil, figure drawing, and portraiture, at the Pacific Art League, College of San Mateo, UC SantaCruz, and independent workshops. Her work is shown in galleries, juried exhibitions and in private collections. She is a Santa Cruz Open Studios Artist, and sells her work through the Homeless Garden Project Store, where she donates 50% of all sales. Susan teaches throughout California, and at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.
Many of her paintings focus on lesser known aspects of well known places in Santa Cruz County. Her paintings pose questions for the viewer; asking where a road may lead, and evoking a sense of recognition or deja vu, whether or not one has actually been there.
