About the Artist

Susan Proctor is originally from Springfield, Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She has been a working artist in the Atlanta area since 1995.

Susan has a very extensive and diverse body of work including oils, acrylics and mixed media, which incorporate vibrant color and texture. Her style can be described as uniquely expressionist. Susan's work is represented in galleries and she also does commission work including portraits of people and pets.

Susan is member of Atlanta Artists Center, Dunwoody Fine Arts Association, and Blue Ridge Art Association. She is a past member of Roswell Fine Arts Alliance, where she served as vice president of programming in 2004-5.

Susan has been accepted to and participated in several juried art exhibits and has won several awards for her work. She has been teaching both children and adults since 1999 and is currently teaching at the Roswell Visual Arts Center in Roswell, Georgia. She also gives private lessons at her studio.

Artists' Statement

In a word, I am diverse.

I love to apply any media to any surface with any tool. I use canvas, wood board, fiberboard, masonite and a wide variety of paper...on which I apply acrylic paint, oil paint, charcoal, pastel, paper towel, newsprint, tissue, fabric, old sheet music...by means of brushes, fingers, palette knives, putty knives, sponges and on and on. The end result is a unique contemporary expressionist style of art.

Everything that I see provides inspiration for me. Often, the paint itself provides the inspiration. I particularly enjoy painting faces and animals because they are each unique and have so much expression. I also love chairs and personify them in my paintings. They have wonderful angles and shapes as well as often unique stories.

My philosophy about painting is that a work of fine art comes not only from knowledge of the medium used but from a place within that is rather spiritual in nature. The end result is thus, one that evokes some sort of emotion from the viewer and is visually balanced and pleasing to the eye.

I am committed to continue creating art, expanding my knowledge of a variety of mediums and participating actively in the community.