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PHOTO CREDIT ON 'ABOUT' AND 'CONTACT' PAGES: HANNAH BIANCHI


 WATCH MY LECTURE FOR "COFFEE AT 10" from FEBRUARY 8, 2024,  AT CROOKED TREE ART CENTER  (click on link below) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuNja2VTKA4&list=PL-mEfoxzp_ZV6ORDy-1EIk_WTU8KvfSxO&index=3
or find on www.crookedtree.org "Coffee at 10" menu
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FACEBOOK PAGE: Susan Glass Northern Michigan Art
ON INSTAGRAM as susan.glass1 

​JORDAN RIVER ARTS COUNCIL, 'Once Upon a Line" Exhibition,through May 3 2025

​CROOKED TREE ART CENTER IN  PETOSKEY , MI in the Sales Gallery, 

PRIMITIVE IMAGES IN DOWNTOWN GOOD HART  End of May through October
 
​As a “plein air” watercolor painter and teacher, I paint in order to connect and pay attention. Whether in the the woods, on the beach, at the Harbor Springs Farmer’s Market, or observing a Flower Still Life,  I hope to convey the energy in the natural world and enjoyment in a sense of place.
Watercolor, my preferred medium, is a way to be both precise and surprising. Being in the moment,  and looking beyond the  photographic, I use brushstrokes, like musical beats, as a language to express and celebrate the rhythms of the scene. 

Originally from the Detroit area, I received an M.A .in Painting from Wayne State University, after earning a B.A. in English at the University of Michigan.  I established a studio practice in the Detroit artists-loft space, the Brooklyn Building, exhibiting work and teaching in a lively urban arts environment.
I moved full-time to Northern Michigan, after spending many summers in Good Hart, where my work continues to be shown, in season, at Primitive Images in downtown Good Hart.
As an Adjunct Professor at North Central Michigan College for many years, I taught Basic Drawing and Life Drawing, and continue teaching private “Plein air”  and watercolor classes.
My work has been in numerous exhibitions, and is represented in many private collections in the Detroit area and in Northern Michigan.
Exhibitions at the Crooked Tree Art Center, include:many Juried Fine Arts Exhibits in Petoskey, the  “Color” Exhibition and "Seeds" Exhibition of NorthCentral Michigan College Arts faculty, and the  small group show “Passionate Reality” in Traverse City.

I paint to express the spirit of the moment and celebrate the seasons along the  Northern Shores of Lake Michigan.
Painting "en plein air" engages the senses and becomes a way to pay attention to the  ever-changing energy in the natural world. I look for  vitality in the patterns of light, the rhythms of a composition and the true colors of a scene, whether enjoying a landscape view or focusing on  a single flower's beauty,
Watercolor has been my primary medium since moving full-time to Northern Michigan. Originally inspired by Expressionist works of Emil Nolde and  early  abstract landscapes of Georgia O'Keefe, I continue to explore  watercolor and the many ways it can be descriptive and direct, Other  inspirations for color and composition include: the quilts of Gee's Bend,  Folk and Outsider art,  the paintings of  Henri Matisse,  David Hockney, Joan Mitchell, Alma Thomas and Stanley Whitney. 
As a teacher, I learn from my students and continue to find new ways to see.