"Bringing the Museum to You"

By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature a 12-piece Exhibition of works by American contemporary Impressionist painter Susan Blackwood (born 1948 in Chicago, Illinois).

 

Susan comes from six generations of artists. Her family history has been dated back to Rembrandt's parents. Both of her own parents and her two sisters are artists. She remembers her first art instructions were at the knee of her dad, oil and watercolor painter and sculptor,
David Swartwout.

 

She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts from Northern Illinois University. In 1982 Susan extended her watercolor studies with Irving Shapiro at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. She has traveled and painted extensively, including three years in Pakistan where she maintained an active studio and had three solo exhibitions.

 

Since 1975, Blackwood has taught watercolors in colleges and workshops around the country and overseas. She has led painting holidays to Europe with her husband, oil painter Howard Friedland. Both artists have been featured in International Artist Magazine. 

 

After 32 years as a watercolorist, Susan now paints almost exclusively in oils. Her works have appeared in more than 2,000 galleries and collections worldwide. The recipient of numerous awards, she received Best of Show at the American Women Artists National Juried Show in Dallas, Texas in 2010 and was awarded Signature Membership in the prestigious Oil Painters of America in 2012. Susan is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society.