Susan Tobin

I’m known for my fresh, realistic, traditional watercolors. Over the past eight years, I have painted solely on Yupo paper. It has helped me become free and to paint looser than on traditional watercolor paper. I have painted for 45 years and have experienced many changes in my painting style. I don’t paint barns, lighthouses and ski scenes as I did early on. Snow is not a big attraction here, but blazing sunsets, palm trees and the gulf are.

A scenic countryside landscape with fields, trees, and flowers.
A serene winter night with a full moon over a snowy river.
A dynamic painting of a rocky shoreline with crashing waves under a cloudy sky.
A serene landscape featuring trees, a lake, and distant mountains under a partly cloudy sky.

Originally I was an abstract oil painter. Intuitively I would add more paint, movement, shape and texture to the work. As the piece developed, the color would bring me into the painting. My work was emotionally expressive, pressing my feelings out onto the canvas. Now, drawing with pastels my work is more about deliberate choices. My painting compositions reflect my stories about travel, love and family. My inspiration is derived from mother nature, learning and exploring the world outside myself as well as my internal journey of self-reflection.

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