Crayons,
colored pencils, and paints have always been in her hands, even as a
child. As her enthusiasm of oil painting grew, her desire to learn and
study intensified. In 1990 Suzie took her first art class. Since then
she has continued to sharpen her skills and expand her knowledge through
several internationally acclaimed wildlife artists. As a diving
instructor, Suzie traveled around the world to teach diving. While
working for the CIA, she taught CIA agents, Secret Service Agents, US
Marshals, FBI Agents and other law enforcement personnel how to dive.
Traveling gave Suzie the opportunity to see extraordinary creatures up
close, which she has captured in her paints. Suzie has also traveled
world wide to Paint, including the rainforest in Guatemala, Alaska and
Africa. Suzie has now expanded her artwork to include aquatic mammals,
African birds and mammals, and figurative work.
Suzie has won
several distinguished awards for her art including Artist of the Year
from the Ocean Foundation, exhibited at Birds in Art at the Leigh Yawkey
Woodson Art Museum, the Bennington Art Museum's Art and the Animal
Kingdom Tour, Coos Bay Art Museum where she received an Award of Merit,
and Grant's Pass Museum. Suzie was honored by the Raymond James
Financial Organization in "Women in Arts" as the first female wildlife
artist from their collection. She has won Top 200 and Top 100 in "Arts
for the Parks", and has had her artwork published in "The Best of Oil
Painting" book. She has sold pieces at Christie's and Sotheby's Art
Auctions in London, the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and the
Honolulu Zoo. Her pieces are collected and shown internationally as well
as in several galleries and shows around the US. Suzie is a member of
the Society of Animal Artists, the Wildlife Artists Association, a
founding member of Southern Plein Air Artists (SPAA), a member of Oil
Painters of America, and the American Society of Marine Artists. Her new
book "My Painting is Done - Now What Do I Do?" will be out later in
2006. In January 2000, Suzie married world-renowned Wildlife Artist John
Seerey-Lester, and they live, work and play in Florida.
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