Susan has been painting for 30 years, studying with Nelson Shanks at the Art Students League in NYC and with Stephen Kennedy and Daniel Greene in New York State. She is a member of the Catherine Lorillard Art Club in NY, an exhibiting member of the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury, NJ and a Juried Associate of the Pastel Society of America. Susan is also a founding member of the Pastel Painters of New Jersey and a former faculty member at Artworks Trenton and Peddie School in Hightstown, NJ.