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Truthful art is a form of intelligent, inspiring communication of the unseen. It is the goal of my career. 

I have always loved people. I think it came from growing up on the farm and spending time with my grandparents- either at the table enjoying fresh tea cakes or riding on the combine watching my "Pop" look through his tinted eyeglasses under his blue-rimmed cap as he gathered the soybeans. I spent a lot of time in a playhouse in my backyard imitating my grandmother cooking in her kitchen and watching my brother plow the sandy rows of pretend crops with his green iron tractor that came from the feed store.  

Since that time, I have continued to not only observe with my eyes, but with my heart. I have been driven to continually study painting and constantly improve, and to share that information with other artists through teaching. 

I am thankful to have this chance to be an artist, and I take that title very seriously. I believe it is a gift, but a gift that has to be nurtured. Just like those soybeans that we were gathering, there was a lot of work done before the harvest was gathered. When God fashioned me to be an artist, he gave me a big dose of a desire to learn and a little smidgen of talent to get started. I thank Him every day for the chance to serve Him in this way. May I be found faithful.

“Cherished”

Portrait Society of America 2020

Members-Only Contest - Finalist award in category of commissioned paintings 

 

Susan Patton, Professional Artist

 

 

 

 

Susan Patton, Professional Artist

Experience and Awards

2008 Oxford, MS Represented Mississippi artists at the 2008 Presidential Debate-                           reception for the media

2011 Tupelo, MS Won 3rd place at  “Southern Light” show, Gumtree Museum of Art 

2013 Cordova, TN Won award at MGAL National Competition

2013 Cumbarland , TN Juried into Cumberland Society of Painters  National competition; Won purchase award 

2014 National Artwork featured along with others in article within “Plein Air Magazine”

2015 Cordova, TN Won award at MGAL National Competition

2017 Middleton, TN Judged Fur, Feather, and Friends Show

2018 Cincinnati, OH Juried into American Impressionist Society Small Works Showcase

2018 Adamsville, TN Judged Plein Air event

2018 Bruce, MS Organized Plein Air Event for Town Art Festival

2018 Oxford, MS “Judges Choice” award in Biggest, Baddest, Art Show, Oxford

2019 Bolivar, TN Judged Hardeman County Arts Show

2019 MS Accepted into the “Mississippi Writers and Musicians” listing

2019 Birmingham, AL Juried  into Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Show

2020 Online ARC Salon semi-finalist

2020      St. George, UT AIS National Show. -    Painting  sold.

2020      Adamsville, TN Adamsville Plein Air Event- won “Best of Show” Judge Pam Padgett

2020 Online “Boldbrush” finalist award

2020 Online Portrait Society Members Only Competition-

 Commissioned Portrait- Finalist

2021 Online Juried into NOAPS Online Show

2021    Portrait Society Members Only Competition-Commissioned Portrait  finalist

2021  Portrait Society Members Only Competition- Still Life finalist

2021 Bradenton, FL Juried into OPA Eastern Show

2021  Gainesville, GA Juried into OPA Salon

2021 Apalachicola, FL On faculty with Plein Air South

2021 Online Invitation to be a part of an online show with Mary Williams Fine Arts of Boulder, Colorado

 2022 Tupelo, MS    First Place- Plein Air, Gum Tree - Plein Air Invitational

2022      Indianapolis, IN Juried into OPA Eastern Show

2022 Adamsville, TN Best of Show in Plein Air Event- Judge Kathie Odom

2022    Portrait Society Members Only Competition-Commissioned Portrait - finalist

2022   Portrait Society Members Only Competition-Still Life - 7th place

2023  Allied Artists of America-"Still Stirring, at 93" juried into the online Allied Artists of America 110th Annual Exhibition

2023  Chosen TOP 15% Boldbrush Art Contest September 2023

2023 Judge of Awards for Ocean Springs Art Association Show

2023  Modern Impressionist Magazine- Honorable Mention by Judge Kyle Ma

2024  Plein Air Salon , March Competition - "Pop's Old Farmall" selected in top 100 by Judge T. Allen Lawson

2024 Judge of Awards for Kate Freeman Clark Museum Plein Air Paint Out

2024  Commissioned to paint the portrait of Mrs. Bea Green for the Kate Freeman Clark Museum. Mrs. Bea Green is the cousin of artist Kate Freeman Clark and the Legal Trustee of the Kate Freeman Clark Museum.

2025 Finalist- Top 40 overall- 14th Annual Plein Air Salon out of 11,000 paintings by nearly   4,000 artists from 22 countries

Workshops Taught

September 2015 Workshop Gum Tree Museum of Art, Tupelo, MS

November, 2016 Sold Out-Workshop Dorroh Lake, MS

February, 2017 Workshop Bolivar, TN

November, 2017 Sold Out-Workshop Dorroh Lake, MS

May 2018 Sold Out- Workshop Pontotoc, MS

October 2018  Sold Out-Workshop Pontotoc, MS

November 2018 Sold Out-Workshop Dorroh Lake, MS

June, 2019 Workshop Jackson, MS

November 2019 Sold Out-Workshop Dorroh Lake, MS

January 2020 Sold Out-Workshop 4-day Portrait workshop    Pontotoc, MS

February 2020 Sold Out-Workshop 4-day Portrait workshop    Pontotoc, MS

March 2020 Sold Out-Workshop Pass Christian, MS

April 2020 Workshop Online Free Workshop (As a service after the pandemic hit)

September 2020 Workshop Online Workshop

October 2020 Invited speaker for Mississippi Artist Guild meeting

November 2020 Sold Out-Workshop Dorroh Lake, MS

January 2021 Developed and produced a video teaching a signature “Color Circle” mixing technique

January 2021 Sold Out-Workshop Pontotoc, MS

February 2021 Workshop Portrait workshop Pontotoc, MS

March 2021 Sold Out-Workshop Portrait Workshop Bruce, MS

April 2021 Workshop Free Color Mixing workshop- Benefit to local need Laurel, MS

April 2021 Workshop Cleveland, MS

April 2021 Invited speaker for Mississippi Artist Guild meeting

May 2021 Invited speaker for Mississippi Artist Guild meeting

May 2021 Sold Out-Workshop Bruce, MS

June 2021 Sold Out-Workshop Bruce, MS

October 2021 Sold Out-Workshop Portrait Workshop Jackson, MS

November 2021 Sold Out-Workshop Dorroh Lake, MS

November 2021   Sold Out- Workshop ( 2nd) workshop Dorroh Lake, MS

December 2021 Sold Out- Workshop Portrait Workshop Pontotoc, MS

April 2022 Invited Guest Speaker with Pontotoc Artist Guild

June 2022 Invited to do demonstration at the Memphis Garden Tour event

January 2023 Sold Out- Workshop Ridgeland, MS Capturing the Form of the Head- in any Medium 

March 2023 Sold Out-Workshop Pontotoc, MS "Loosen Up- How to paint "Looser" 

April 2023 Sold Out-Workshop Iuka, MS Fundamentals of Painting - A 1 Day Workshop 

June 2023 Workshop Biloxi, MS  Capturing the ‘Life’ in “Still Life” Paintings 

October 2023 Sold Out-Workshop Jackson, MS  Plein Air- Eudora Welty House and Gardens 

October 2023 Sold Out -Workshop Ocean Springs, MS Keys to Painting "Looser" 

November 2023 Sold Out- Workshop and Retreat at Dorroh Lake 

December 2023 Sold Out- Workshop-Booth Art Academy: Features of the face

February 2024  Sold Out-Painting Portraits from Life Workshop, Pontotoc, MS

April 2024  Sold Out- Painting Flowers Workshop, Iuka, MS

June 2024  Sold Out- Painting Portraits from Life, Bruce, MS

April 2025  Sold Out- Light and Color: Still Life Workshop

February 2025 Sold Out- Painting Children

June 2025  Sold Out- Painting Portraits- People or Pets 

December 2025 Georgia, Booth Art Academy Workshop: Sargent- Dresses from Life

May 2025  Sold Out- Do's And Don'ts Of Plein Air Painting

March 2025  Sold Out- Drawing the Features of the Face Workshop

September 2025 -Painting Children Workshop

February 2026 Sold Out- Painting Figures From Life- With Sargent Inspired Dresses 

May 2026 Invited speaker for Mississippi Artist Guild meeting

Publications, Media, and Leadership

2020 Article Mud and Magnolias Magazine 

2020 Cover and Article -   Invitation Magazine

October 2020 Leadership team for Mississippi Plein Air Painters - Annual “Gathering of Artists” paint-out

November 2020 OPA Blog- Guest Author

February 2021 OPA Blog- Guest Author

April 2021 HGTV Hometown show when they  featured Mississippi Plein Air Painters

June 2021 Invited speaker for Mississippi Oil Painters Association meeting

October 2021 Leadership team for Mississippi Plein Air Painters - Annual “Gathering of Artists” paint-out

July 2022 OPA Blog- Guest Author

October 2023 - Joined Dot Courson (mother) in "Two Paths- One Journey" A 2- Woman/ Mother-Daughter Show, Gum Tree Museum of Art, Tupelo, MS

December 2023- Special Guest Speaker for Booth Art Guild,  Cartersville GA

February 2024- Featured Spot in Modern Impressionist Magazine Gallery -Honorable Mention award by Kyle Ma