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The northern Adirondack Mountains and St. Lawrence River Valley area in New York State are home and source of most subjects in Suzanne's drawings, photographs, and watercolors.
Her personal work is contemplative, offering visual stillness and a portal of discovery where we are universally one with nature.
Influenced very early by her teacher and life-long friend, AWS watercolor artist 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 former New York State Governor George Pataki, Hillary Clinton, opera star and alumna of The Crane School of Music at Potsdam Renèe Fleming, Olympic Gold Medalist Diann Roff-Steinrotter, and several College and University presidents. She is an exhibiting member of The Adirondack Artists' Guild, Saranac Lake, NY.
Recent Solo Exhibits: Contemplative Nature Studies integrating drawing, poetry and photography, 2005 and Winter Solstice Images: Darkness into Light, 2007 at The Adirondack Artists' Guild, Saranac Lake, New York
Projects include:
SUNY Potsdam: Graphic design for The Mary E. English Commons Celebrating the History and Traditions of SUNY Potsdam, a large permanent exhibit space, 2006-2007
National Park Service: 24 illustrations for the new Visitors Center, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia, 2005
Country Living Gardener magazine: seven illustrations for the Gardener's Handbook section in the Winter issue, 2004
Adirondack Life magazine: seven illustrations, June 2002
She left her position at SUNY Potsdam to focus full time on freelance and personal work. She and her husband, Michael, live on the Raquette River at the edge of the Adirondack Park.
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