Suzy Smith is a Wyoming native, who currently resides in New Mexico, after living in California
for many years. She has been painting professionally since 1987, and has exhibited her work
around the country in various juried art shows, as well as one woman shows, and group exhibitions.
Smith is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society
After many years of painting exclusively in watercolor, Smith is now painting in both watercolor and oil. "I painted exclusively in watercolor for fifteen years, and it was refreshing to pick up oil painting again. There's nothing quite like the smell and feel of painting in oil, yet each medium presents different problems and different joys."
Suzy Smith is represented by the Modernism Gallery in San Francisco, California, and the Vickers Collection, with galleries in Vail, and Beaver Creek, Colorado, Sun Valley, Idaho, and Sedona, Arizona.
Exhibitions
- 2005 "Artist's Magazine's Annual Art Competition", Still Life Finalist
2005 "12th Annual Realism Invitational" Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 "11th Annual Realism Invitational" Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 "AWA's 6th Bi-Annual Juried Competition", Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 "Realism 2003 II", The Stage Gallery, Merrick, New York - 2003 "20th Annual Artists' Magazine Portrait Competition", Finalist
- 2003 "10th Annual Realism Invitational", Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 2001 "International Artist Magazine's Still Life Competition", Finalist
- 2001 "Originals", Harwood Museum, Taos, New Mexico
- 2000 "Realism Today", John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California
- 2000 "The Artist's Magazine's 2000 Annual Art Competition", Finalist
- 1999 "National Watercolor Society", Brea, California
- 1998 "Still Life Painting Competition", The Artist's Magazine, Finalist
- 1997 "National Watercolor Society", Brea, California, Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award
- 1997 "Watercolor West", Riverside, California
- 1997 "Watercolor Magic 1997 Watermedia Showcase", Merit Award
- 1995 "American Watercolor Society", New York City, New York
- 1995 "Watercolor West", Riverside, California
- 1995 "San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition 1995", San Diego, California
- 1995 "Realism '95", Perkersburg, West Virginia
- 1995 "Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition '95", Golden, Colorado
- 1993 "Rocky Mountain National Watermedia '93", Golden, Colorado
- 1993 "53rd National Exhibit of the Northwest Watercolor Society", Kirkland, Washington
One Woman Exhibits and Group Shows
- "Back to Reality", Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jan. 2001
- "Suzy Smith, Still Life Watercolor", Christina Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia: March 1998
- "Dazzling Detail, Color & Shine", Patrician Design, Albuquerque, New Mexico; May 1998
- "The Feminine Touch", Third Canyon Gallery, Denver, Colorado; November 1996
- "Three Viewpoints in Contemporary Art", Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona; April 1996
- "Gallery Exhibition", Jessel Gallery; Napa, California; October 1991 throuth 1998
Publications
- Southwest Art, December 2005
International Artist, February/March 2001 - American Artist Magazine, October 2000
- Southwest Art, September 1995
- The Artist's Magazine, Cover page; November 1994
- Watercolor 94, American Artist Magazine, Spring issue, February, 1994
Corporate Collections
- Nordstrom Corporate Art Collection
- Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Corporate Art Collection
- Kaiser Foundation Art Collection