Susan powers author biography

American artist

Not to be confused with the artist Susan Mohl Powers, or the American author Susan Power.

Susan Powers (born 1954 in Glen Cove, New York) is a self-taught Americanartist.

Susan powers author biography

Education

Powers attended the University of Vermont, where she studied classical languages and medieval history, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in European Studies.

Career

Powers began painting in 1979, encouraged by a friend and fellow painter who had seen her expressive pencil drawings.

Only a year later, her work had been accepted for display by the prestigious Jay Johnson Folk Heritage Gallery in New York City. In 1980, Powers spent a year in England and France developing her craft, before returning to the U.S.

The folk artstill lifes of Susan Powers have been compared with the trompe-l'œil works of the well-known 19th-century American academic artist William Harnett. Like Harnett, Powers is fascinated with common everyday objects—books, seash