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The northern Adirondacks and St. Lawrence River Valley in New York State are home and source of most subjects in Suzanne's drawings and watercolors.
Her work explores the constant originality in nature by finding composition and order amidst the tangles and disarray. In the seasons, she finds compelling atmospheric, transitions in ever-changing waters, skies and landscapes.
Influenced very early by teacher, artist and friend, Robert Plumb, she continues to appreciate and share the unique visual qualities of the North Country in her work.
She earned a B.S. in art education from Buffalo State and an M.F.A. in graphic design and painting from Rochester Institute of Technology. She travelled and studied in Italy and enjoys returning to Florence and Siena.
As Coordinator of Publications at the State University of New York at Potsdam, she produced primarily Admissions and Development publications and often incorporated her watercolor and pencil illustrations. Several of these pieces received awards from national and state organizations. She was awarded the highest honors in her position --The President's Award for Excellence in Professional Service from SUNY Potsdam and, The Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service from the State University of New York.
Her watercolor painting of Adirondack scenes in different seasons became the official Adirondack Park Centennial poster in 1992 sold widely in New York, New England and Canada.
Among those presented with her work are New York State Governor George Pataki, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Hillary Clinton, opera star and alumna of The Crane School of Music at Potsdam, Renèe Fleming, Gold Medalist Diann Roff-Steinrotter and several College and University presidents. She is a member of The Adirondack Artists' Guild, Saranac Lake, NY.
Clients include:
Country Living Gardener magazine: seven illustrations for the Gardener's Handbook section in the Winter issue, 2004
National Park Service/Exhibit A Design Group: 24 illustrations for the new Visitors Center, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
SUNY Potsdam: Design logo/print materials for opera Star Renée Fleming's Crane Benefit Concert in New York City
Adirondack Life magazine: seven illustrations in the June 2002 issue
She has participated in many regional juried shows and most recently has received awards in the North Country Regional Juried Exhibit at the Gibson Gallery, SUNY Potsdam and the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks Juried Show at Lake Placid Center for the Arts.
She left her position at Potsdam to focus full time on her personal work. She and her husband, Michael, live near South Colton on the Racquette River at the edge of the Adirondack Park.
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