Advocate Art would like to introduce you to Susan Frank, one of our new artists. Her beautifully executed paintings really capture the light and atmosphere a scene and are perfect for greetings cards and art licensing. Read on to find out more about Susan or see more of her work by visiting the Advocate Art website.

I was born in New York, and spent most of my childhood in the small City of Kingston, on the Hudson River near the Catskill Mountains.

I moved to Los Angeles, California at 19, to escape the cold winters. I spent eleven years in California before moving to Houston, Texas, and then to Colorado where I now reside.

I attended art classes at the University of Houston, and the Glassel School of Art in Texas, and continued taking classes at the Art Students League of Denver for two years upon arriving in Colorado.  Mostly I read a lot of art technique books and practice as much as possible.

My artwork is displayed in several corporate collections in Colorado, including Cable Labs in Louisville, CO, Cisco Systems in Denver and Boulder, CO, and Great West Life Insurance in Denver.

I share a 1500 sq ft town home with my dog (John Brown), and two cats (Lily and Agatha). I enjoy city life, but I truly love life in the countryside. My current home is in a fairly rural area, surrounded by ranchers (cows from the neighboring ranch have wandered into the park in front of my home and coyotes are frequent visitors), open space trails, mountains, and just enough city life close by  to make it all work well.

Spending long days creating art in my studio is my idea of pure bliss.

My favorite art book is “Composition of Outdoor Landscape” by Edgar Payne.  My approach to my own artwork is to plan each design with preliminary sketches, but then let go and feel confident, once the real execution of the artwork begins; …….allow for surprises in the process, and try to keep a good sense or feeling about when to end the piece. It’s never the same adventure twice.