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Susan CheathamPlein Air Artist
Being outdoors and spending as much time as I can painting landscapes or photographing nature is my passion. My degree is in Landscape Architecture from the School of Design at NCSU in Raleigh, NC. I have been involved in designing over 500 landscape projects in the RTP area, curated the White Garden at the JC Ralston Arboretum and was a buyer and manager at Logan’s Trading Company. I have taught Environmental Education to 4-8 grade children who come to Camp Don Lee from all over the state to learn about our rivers, estuaries and the special environments we have here in the Pamlico Sound. I also might throw in a little art and anthropology along the way. I am also a landscape designer and have my own design firm.
I have been painting since I was seven years old. I was a member of the Circle 10 Art Gallery located Oriental, NC where I showed and sold my artwork. Recently, I have completed three mural projects, two were public art projects and the other one is installed in a private residence. I have two dragons I am in charge of; I hope they are sleeping now. So, I am always painting. I have joined the NC Pastel Society, Alamance County Outdoor Painters, and I am a founding member of the Coastal Pastel Society. I also was a founding member of Art on the Neuse Fine Arts Event and the Oriental Plein Air Painters. For a decade now, I have studied with Susan Sarback, who is a Plein Air painter and has her own studio and art school plus a gallery, Color and Light, in Sacramento, California. Over the years I have studied with many other artists such as Kevin Beck, Doug Dawson, Lou Wilson, Albert Handel, and Lois Giffell. I have made three sailing trips on my sailboat painting along the way going as far south as the Bahamas and up to the Chesapeake Bay. When I lived in Raleigh, I was a member of the Visual Art Gallery, a co-op for ten years. My passion is COLOR and LIGHT, my muse is connected with all elements and qualities of Further. Further I go on a journey of art, chasing Color and Light. Sometimes I chase my muse with my sailboat, the cutter, “GRACE”.
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