Susan kelley

Member since 1998

OVERVIEW
Inspired by working from life in oil, pastel, and charcoal, Susan Paints landscapes, portraits, and still life. She is an active plein air painter throughout New England, including North Shore and Cape Ann in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine.

Susan has loved to draw and Paint ever since she can remember, and was inspired to pursue a career as an artist and art teacher. In 2005, she began teaching classes for educational institutions and organizations, as well as providing private instruction. She has painted with passion and a commitment to executing works each better than the last. She currently maintains a resident studio in Franklin, Massachusetts.

Education and Artistic Heritage
Susan studied painting under three students of 20th century American artist RH Ives Gammell: David Curtis, Robert Cormier, and Thomas Dunlay. Each has carried on Gammell's tradition of the Boston School.

Susan completed a six year course of study at the Gammell School, including 2 years under the direction of Master Painter Robert Cormier at an Atelier on Newbury Street in Boston. She also Studied with Master Painter David Curtis. Today, Susan works and teaches in the studios of noted Master Painter and teacher Thomas Dunlay, who continues to pass on Mr. Gammell's tradition in his own Atelier.

In addition to study with Joanne Regan, a student of 20th Century Realist Painter Pietro Annigoni, Susan attended workshops by such notable artists as Kevin Macpherson and Robert Lemler of Arizona, Colin Page of Maine, and Linda Dunn of Massachusetts. Susan studied Art Education at Framingham State College.

Since 2005, Susan has continued The Boston School's representational artistic Tradition as an educator.

Memberships
Susan is an Artist Member of, and chaired committees for, the Rockport Art Association Museum and North Shore art Asoociation in Massachusetts, two of the Nation’s oldest. She is member of the Academic Artist Association and serveson the Art Advisory Board of Massasoit Community College in Canton.

Representation
Susan has been represented by several Massachusetts fine art galleries, including The Page Waterman Gallery in Wellesley Massachusetts since 2019.

STATEMENT
I am thankful for all the people I have met along my lifelong art journey, from teachers, mentors and other artist, to collectors, galleries, friends and students. While I have taken steps both forward and back, so many teaching moments made me the artist I am today. Still learning, I seek the beauty and truth in nature through, shape, value, design, and color. I am moved by New England's seasons and weather, the days ever-changing light, people, the rhythms of the landscape, and the colors presented in nature.

All images ©Susan Kelley