Artist's Statement

II love art that tells a story.  My work creates a story about a particular time and place — a birthday party, a trip to the ice cream shop, or a summer in Paris. Each of these stories has a feeling, a color, and a texture.  It could be juicy pinks, multicolored splashes of paint, or elegant black, gray and buttery yellow.  Sometimes it includes posters, wallpaper, or written words. It’s all designed to share stories with you and bring you joy.  I believe a beautiful piece of art can bring life and light to your home.  It can touch your heart.

Bio

Born and raised in New York, currently living in the Bay Area, Susan creates mixed media works that reflect her changing inner and outer landscapes.  She has studied art, calligraphy, and lettering at universities and in workshops throughout the U.S., Italy, Spain and Japan. Since 2005, Richardson has exhibited extensively, winning many juried awards, and her work is in many private collections around the world. Richardson’s artwork has been published in books and several journals, including juried issues of Letter Arts Review.  In 2009, she published a series of three artist's books entitled — What do you think? Books 1, 2, and 3. In 2014, she published a book called Wing Biographies with photos of her three dimensional mobile project called Take these Broken Wings.  A poem she wrote accompanies each unique set of handmade wings.  In 2012, her mixed-media piece, I am, received the City of Tracy Purchase Award. In 2017, her piece, On the Ferris Wheel, was awarded Best of Show in the Central Valley Art Association's annual exhibit. In 2017 and 2019, she was commissioned to create two large murals for the city of Tracy.  In 2022, she will again be showing her work at Art Ventures Gallery in Menlo Park, CA.

Susan has been married to her husband, Steve, for over 40 years and they are the parents of two grown children and grandparents of three grandsons. When not making art, Susan loves gardening and has a blooming outdoor garden and a jungle-y indoor garden of houseplants.  She is also an avid reader and audiobook listener.  She practices yoga and enjoys many kinds of music.