about susie

STATEMENT

My life is my art. My work as an artist and a writer and a gatherer is all about the ripples and circles of life. It is all about those everyday snapshots that speak to the spirit, to the “aha” moments, which for me, manifest through story, painting. photography, nature, and gatherings.

I am a simple explorer on this Life Path imbued with color and movement and form. My work often begins with a single word, with a fraction of a thought, with the glimpse of an idea. It begins with one moment and then “ripples and circles” along a continuum of color and movement and line and words. My journey is not about technique, but rather about revelation—the revelation of a narrative on canvas, in writing, in story sharing, in creating. (cv)

LIFE PATHS

Art:

Copper Moon Gallery, curator / manager
Estrada Garcia Gallery, showcase artist
City of Georgetown TX Arts & Culture Board, Vice Chair
Georgetown Art Center, Vice President
Casa del Sol Studio-director and workshop designer and facilitator
Originals by Susie-owner/designer
Vintage-Inspired Jewelry (The Looking Glass)acrylics on canvas
bookbinding workshops and commissioned works
handmade journal workshops and vendor
hand-painted clothing designer and vendor
painting on glass designer and vendor
See Works

Writing:

Featured author–Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future
International Women’s History Month (U.S. Army, Germany)
9th Annual San Antonio Book & Author Luncheon
21st Annual Houston Book & Author Dinner
4th Annual Writers at the Met
Barnes & Noble Texana Selection of the Month
The Great Trail Ride
published author—Quotable Texas Women, Red Boots & Attitude, From My Mother’s Hands, Counter Culture Texas
Her Texas anthology
freelance writer

Workshop Designer/Facilitator:

Full Circle: Monthly Gatherings for Artists, Makers & Creatives (Georgetown TX)
Hoot & Howl Women’s Gatherings (Georgetown TX)
FullCircle: Women Inspiring Women (Georgetown TX)
Art Inspires Writing (Austin Museum of Art-Writer’s League of Texas-Austin ISD)
Yowza Spirit Full Moon Literary Howls
Yowza Spirit Giving Events
Yowza Spirit Women’s Retreats
Writing Your Life Story
Writing from Nature
Art of the Handmade Book
Freeing Your Creative “Yowza”
Summer Writing Camps for Young Adults
Women’s Studies

Speaking:

Spirituality & Art Speakers Series
Mind & Spirit Speakers Series
National Women’s Conference (Story Circle Network)
National Association of Women Writers Conference
Texas State University (Texas Reading Association)
National Charity League
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Literary Festival
Texas Association of Future Educators
Woodland’s Writers Guild Conference
San Gabriel Writers League