Artist Bio
Susan L. Brown is a contemporary artist based in Santa Cruz, California. An artist since childhood, Susan won awards as a student in Ohio, including as Statewide Student Artist at age 12. As an adult, she continued studying at the College of San Mateo, San Jose State, and UC Santa Cruz, and drawing and painting workshops taught by leading instructors.
Susan has taught painting techniques privately and through various city parks and recreation departments throughout California and teaches painting workshops at Ghost Ranch, NM.
She is featured on an international art site that describes her art and process: https://zoneonearts.com.au/susan-brown/
Her work appears in private collections; both non and commissioned.
Susan supports the non-profit Homeless Garden Project Store in Santa Cruz, CA, which sells her cards and prints. She donates 50% of all sales.
Exhibitions ( * Juried events):
* San Diego Museum of Art, Spring Showcase (juried by Hugh Davies); February-April 2023
*Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA; Exhibition; March/April 2023
*Stems Gallery, Morgan Hill, CA, Feb—April 2023; (3-month Exhibition)
*Featured Artist; ArtsyShark, December 2022
* A.I.R. Vallauris Exhibition, Vallauris, France, Oct. 2022
*Fusion Art, “Spotlight Artist” solo exhibit; Feb. 2022
*Corto-Borrone Gallery, Paris, Invitational exhibition, Sei L’Arte; March/April, 2022
*Pacific Art League100th Year, Palo Alto, CA; Fall 2022
*Pacific Art League's 99th Year; “Davenport Evening," poster; 2021
*Santa Cruz Art League; multiple juried exhibits
*Santa Cruz Open Studios; October, 2021
“*Powerful Woman,” virtual International Exhibit; Sei L’Arte; 2020
*LightSpace Gallery, “International Woman Artists,” 2019:
*LightSpace Gallery, “Faces and Figures;” 2018
*Biennale Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy, 2011
Current Awards:
*Featured Artist; ArtsyShark, December 2022
*“Artistonish” Magazine; featured artist; August 2022
*A.I.R. Vallauris artist residency in France; September 2022
Associations:
*NOAP (National Oil and Acrylic Painters Association)
*San Diego Museum of Art; Artists Guild
Santa Cruz Art League
*Pacific Art League (Palo Alto,CA)