Susan Greenbaum

After using her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Elementary Education to teach middle grade students (all subjects) for 25 years, Susan has developed from a watermedia artist into an experimental mixed media artist, working now primarily in encaustic, oil, acrylic and collage. She has taken many workshops with nationally respected teachers and now blends all she has gleaned into her own expressive and color-driven style. She works by beginning intuitively and then creating a conversation with the work – letting it drive her next moves until it reaches its conclusion. Susan prefers to present a sense or a feeling of something rather than an explicit depiction. This method has awarded her signature status in the Watercolor Society of Oregon, Northwest Watercolor Society as well as advanced signature status in the International Society of Experimental Artists. She has won numerous awards for her work in national and international shows.

“My goal with my art is to have a good time, learn something, experiment, problem solve, make lemonade from lemons, and hopefully create something that brings myself and maybe others a response from what I have expressed. I want the viewer to look at the painting for a bit and see into the surface to the layers and history below.  If I can bring the viewer into the world I have created, I feel I have accomplished much of my goal as an expressive, intuitive painter.”