Susan is recently painting in oil on canvas, pushing the edge of her own personal style. Her ceramics reflect her paintings. Her subjects are based on the woods and water views she sees from her Camano Island studio overlooking the Salish Sea & mountains.
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 | | Trees are incredible beings. They are extremely generous. They offer food and shelter to many species. They hold the soil, block the wind, shade from the sun. The trees recycle water into the atmosphere, they breathe with us and clean the air. We need to recognize them and protect their habitat.
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 | | Birds and trees are fully connected in my art and I see them as different aspects of the energies of the forests. My birds are almost always seen as extensions of the woods where they nest. |
 | | We are completely interconnected with nature. My interest in showing humans as fully connected nature beings is explored in my paintings with this theme. |
 | | Flowers are one of the Earth's greatest inventions. |
 | | In 1998 I went into the Amazon Rain Forest of Ecuador with Dream Change Coalition. Another journey took me there in 2001. The experiences profoundly affected my work to this day. |
 | | Thompson paintings with lots of color! |
 | | This is a new series of paintings that I am still developing.
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 | | These watercolors began as still life paintings and became Susan's personal meditations on global peace.
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 | | A selection of Thompson prints are now available on Susan's main website, www.thompsonartstudio.com
These Archival Gicleé Prints from Thompson's original paintings are available in several sizes. Prints can be ordered by contacting the studio or visiting Susan's second website . The prices listed are for unframed prints. |
 | | Here are a few of Susan's hand built and carved ceramic pieces.
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 | | These are hand carved one of a kind ceramic wall pieces built from slabs. The lines of the designs are relief carvings into the clay. |
 | | The drawings are created using Pigma Pens on watercolor paper.
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 | | Preview of new work at Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA
Annual Small Works Exhibition "Honey I Shrunk the Art"
Exhibition Opens November 19, 2011
Runs thru January 28, 2012
Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park
2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island, WA
OPEN WEEKENDS: 11:00 to 5:00
weekdays by appointment 360-387-2759
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| In this youtube video Susan talks about her inspiration.
Susan Cohen Thompson's art is deeply inspired by her relationship with earth and a spiritual kinship with trees. She is originally from Queens, New York where both her nature and art education came primarily from visiting museums in New York City.
Thompson left New York for a rural college experience in Ohio where she earned a BFA. From there, she moved to Massachusetts and continued studying art in various museum schools. She has been self employed since 1980 and works full time as an artist.
Her passion for connecting with nature took her on two journeys into the Amazon Rain Forest in Ecuador. There she learned from indigenous shaman to connect with the earth. This profound experience continues to inform all of Susan's art.
In 2003 she moved to the Northwest where she lives in an island north of Seattle. Her studio faces a forest, the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains.
"I have been painting about nature since my childhood. My... |
| Celebrating the Moon
The earth would certainly be a different place without our beloved moon. We are so connected in our bodies, minds and spirits and celebrate the moon in every culture and throughout time. | | Showing Near the Tulip Fields in the Skagit Valley
Thompson is now showing in 3 concurrent exhibitions in April in the Puget Sound area. Opening Friday, April 6, 2012, at the Pleasant Ridge Gallery at the Rexville Grange in Mt. Vernon, WA. | | Ceramic Show Opening, March 8, Everett, WA.
"Embracing the Edge, Connecting with Clay in the Pacific Northwest" opens March 8, 2012 at the Schack Art Center in Everett. Featuring the ceramics of the Cascade Clay Artists, including Susan Cohen Thompson. | | Two Ceramic Exhibitions in March
Susan Cohen Thompson ceramics are included in two ceramic exhibitions in March. Locally Grown at Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA. opens March 3. Embracing the Edge, Working in Clay in the Pacific Northwest, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA. opens March 8. | | Moonlight Dance Tiles
Moonlight Dance Tiles, hand carved ceramic wall canvases, 6" x 6" x 1.5", by Susan Cohen Thompson. |
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