Susan Spencer

Watercolor artist

Susan won First Prize in the inaugural 1998 Contemporary Art Contest hosted and sponsored by Art Dept on this very Internet site. Her entry, depicted above, proved to be the most consistently desired entry out of 113 works of art entered from worldwide submissions. As winner of this, the first ever major art contest ever to be held on the Internet, Susan was welcomed as a life member and permanent exhibitor. It is hoped that her work will remain to be enlightening and inspiring to all art students in this day of uncertainty as to the definition of art today.

Susan's paintings are a depiction of light on various subjects. She uses strong colour and a loose interpretive style.

"Watercolour becomes a way of life for the artist. I strive to always keep on learning and to reach a little further into myself with each painting experience."

Susan Spencer has exhibited her watercolour paintings in many national juried shows throughout the United States. Selected exhibitions include the Audubon Artists Exhibition at the National Arts Club in New York City, the Louisiana Watercolour Society International Exhibition at the World Trade Centre in New Orleans, the San Diego Watercolour Society, the Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolours, the Mississippi Watercolour Society, the Pennsylvania Watercolour Society Exhibition at the Port of History Museum in Philadelphia,Watercolour West, Knickerbocker Artists Annual Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in New York City and the Midwest Watercolour Society Exhibition in Green Bay Wisconsin.

Most recently, Susan's watercolours have been featured in two publications by Rockport Publishing. The Best of Watercolour 2 and The Best of Watercolor: Painting Composition.
Her work has also been featured in American Artist Magazine's spring issue of Watercolour 90, Watercolour Highlights 2, volume 2 - 1995 and The Artist's Magazine - May 1993. She has received numerous awards, including both the Mary Garrison Memorial Award for Watercolour and Second Prize in All-Media at the Cooperstown National Exhibition, the Trustmark Bank Award at the Mississippi Watercolour Exhibition, First Prize for Watercolour at the Twelve County Fingerlakes Exhibition, the Outstanding Adirondack Painting Award at the Central Adirondack Regional Exhibition in Old Forge, the Art Dialogue Merit Award at the Niagara Frontier Watercolour Society National, First Place at the WCNY 24 Collection at the Everson Museum, and the Popular Vote Award at the Central Adirondack Regional in 1996.
Ms Spencer is active in many local and regional art groups. She participates in art festivals and shows throughout New York State and is presently represented by the Evergreen Gallery in Skaneateles.

She has shared her love for the watercolour medium with regional groups and individuals through demonstrations and weekend workshops. She has also been invited as a juror for art exhibits throughout the region. Her watercolours are included in public, private and corporate collections throughout the United States including Agway, Marine Midland Bank, Onbank, King and King Architects, Kidder-Peabody, Inc., John Lynch Co., the Trustmark Bank of Mississippi, and the Neville Public Art Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Some more of her watercolours can be seen below -

"Rocking in Edgartown" - 920 x 715 mm

"Gothic revival cottage" - 715 x 536 mm