"Bison"

12 x 16

Oil/Gold Leaf

Susan Bell is a painter of contemporary western art. known for her impressionistic landscapes, wildlife and livestock. A Colorado native and horsewoman, she grew up recording the changing face of the west, its land and animals through art.

Publications: CowGirl Magazine Western ART March 2016Cover story -Bison World Jan-March 2016, Cover Washington Park profile Jan 2016, Book - Ex Art Equinus - 2012

Illustrator - MY Name is JAKE
2012 Birds in Art - Woodson Art Museum - 2009

Illustrator - Denver Magazine 2008 -2010, HGTV- Oct 2006 - April 2007-8
Western Horseman- artists to watch - July 2004 SouthWestArt - Western Artists

2003 Horse Connection
Better Homes and Gardens - Fall 1997

Exhibitions: Cheyenne Frontier Days, Old West Art Museum July 2015 2016 2017 2018, DouglasCounty Land Conservancy Plein Air invitational June 2017 2018

Loveland Public Library - One woman show - July-Sept 2018 Art in the Park. National Western Horse expo 2017 & 2018.

Denver University Hirshfield gallery Jan 2016 & 2017
Denver Club - one woman show Plein air from NWSS jan 2016, 2018

Taos Art Museum - Russian Nights Aug 2015 & 2016 Art for Horses Lakewood art center 2015

Coors Art Denver - NWSS 2013-2014
NWSS - National Western Club Art 2009-2012

Denver Museum of Nature & Science Natural wonders 2010 -2011 Paint America 100 2011

Salmagundi Club Invitational NYC 2010
Birds In Art - Woodson Art Museum Wausau, Wi 2009

Museum of Horses in Art Lexington, KY 2009-2011 Masters of the foxhounds world traveling exhibit 2011 Wildlife Experience Museum - equine art 2010

Denver Art Museum - Impressionists of Denver 2010 Artists of Colorado - Colorado Historical Museum 2009

Artist Statement: I grew up in the west, loving the vast and varied landscapes. As my father drove, I learned to be an artist. Seeing antelope & elk herds, passing clouds ,open spaces and erasing from my vision the things I did not like to see.

I love to paint from life. There are more than three dimensions available when painting live. It is truly thrilling to try to capture a precise moment in time.
The changing light, movement, smells and sounds of the environment are all in the final work of art. I see my work as a record of this time in our history and of my view of the west in which I live.

Collections

Kaiser Permanente
Denver Children's Hospital
Colorado Governor - J. Hickenlooper Denver Post
Aspect Energy
A Bar A Ranch
Belize natural energy Stirling Ranch Lawrence Phipps III Jackson Brown
Current Galleries

Deselms Fine Art.

Steamboat Art Museum, Framed Image

Rich Designs, Xanadu Gallery

susanbellfineart.com