Susan Himmel

+ + + + UAG Member Member Since: December 3rd, 2015 Page Last Updated: September 2nd, 2016 Personal Site: www.susanhimmelart.com + Similar Artists: Joleen Button, Nicolette Callaway, Deb Carpenter, Carol Coogan, Thomas D'Ambrose, Nicole DeSantis, Amelia Fallon, Mary Feeley, AnneMarie Fraley, Lauren George, K.V. Khai, Barbara Klemz, Amanda Klish, Beth Liotta, William Lowder, Elizabeth Maloney, Milton McPherson, Henry C. Meier, AWS, Mitch Messmore, Ann Marie Morin, Kelly Naylor, Rae Nooney, Sarah Petrucci, Ann Roberts, Sarah Schrom, Larry White

Artist Bio +

Originally from upstate New York, I fell in love with the natural beauty of the New England landscape when I moved to the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts in 2003. That is where my journey began as a watercolorist and mixed media painter. Having just moved back to Albany in late June of last year, (2015), I am reconnecting with all the scenic beauty surrounding me here. Nature is a huge inspiration for me - the hill towns, the deep forests, wildflower paths, mountain lakes and river rocks.

As I paint, I find myself fascinated by the interplay of pigment with water, exploring light and shadow and of letting the paintings teach me something new each time I put brush to paper. Sometimes I start a mixed media piece with a watercolor under-painting. At times I collage other paintings into my work. The evolution of each painting is an adventure in and of itself. Painting has become my looking glass and the way I examine my world - inside and out. I believe in art as alchemy and the power of art to transform our communities, to create pathways that connect people and communicate what words alone aren't able to do.

My work has been featured in solo and group shows in galleries and some non-traditional settings in the Northeast - especially in the Berkshires. Paintings hang in private collections here and abroad.

• Botanicals and River Rocks
  Unusual Wedding Rings & More, Pittsfield, MA
  May 2015 - Solo Show
• Autumn Alchemy
  Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA
  September 2014 - Solo Show
• First Impressions
  Senator Downing's Office, Pittsfield, MA
  May-June 2009 - Solo Show
• Good Purpose Gallery
  Lee, MA, Group Show -2015
• Whitney Center for the Arts
  Pittsfield, MA, Group Show - 2015
• Lichtenstein Center for the Arts
  Pittsfield, MA, Pop Up Gallery Group Show - 2014
• Side by Side
  Nuarts Studios + Gallery, Pittsfield, MA
  Two Person Show - 2014
• Lichtenstein Center for the Arts
  Pittsfield, MA, Group Show - 2013
• Treehouse Gallery
  Pittsfield, MA, Three Person Show - 2012
• Lichtenstein Center for the Arts
  Pittsfield, MA, Group Show - 2012
• Small Works Show, Welles Gallery
  Lenox, MA, Group Shows - 2008 and 2010
• Housatonic Valley Art League
  Sheffield, MA, Group Shows - 2009 and 2010
• Becket Arts Center
  Becket, MA, Group Show - 2008
• ArtCircus
  Storefront Artist Project, Pittsfield, MA
  Group Show - 2008
• Housatonic Valley Art League
  Sheffield, MA, Group Show - 2007

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