Artist Statement
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
This stanza from a poem by William Blake encapsulates my feelings about painting. My intent as an artist is not to show you what I see but to evoke a personal response. My hope is that the viewer will not only perceive the world around them in a different way but that it will also elicit a memory or feeling.
These paintings are of places I have been and I hope that they will return you to places in your mind and heart.
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Bio
Susan Scott Kenney grew up in the Connecticut River Valley. She has a BS in Art Education from Southern Connecticut State University and a Masters of Art Ed from the Hartford Art School. Susan Scott Kenney was an art teacher in the Dudley-Charlton School system. She loved teaching and retired after 36 years. She continues to give classes and to take classes.
Susan works in a variety of media but is primarily an acrylic painter. Her subject matter has evolved and changed over the years but her love of color remains a constant.
Susan is a member of Connecticut Women Artists and has been accepted in a number of Juried Shows. She is President of The Norwich Art Center Gallery and exhibits in a variety of venues.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Elected Artist Norwich Arts Co-Operative
Elected Artist Connecticut Women Artist, Inc
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
60 Broadway
Norwich, CT
Masssasoit Art Guild
ONE WOMEN SHOWS
Seeking Solace November 2021
Norwich Art Center
Land, Water, and Sky June 2019
Norwich Art Center
Reflections
Norwich Arts Center June 2017
Multiples November 2014
Norwich Arts Center
Catching the Light October 2012
Norwich Arts Center
Studio M May 2012
Seasonal Reflections October 2011
Connecticut Audubon Society
Booklovers Gourmet April 2011
Seasonal Reflections
Webster, MA
AWARDS
Massasoit Art Guild
Online Exhibit -October- December 2020
Honorable Mention- Picket Fence
Emile Gaucher Memorial Award - Summer Garden
Artistic Wanderings 2018
Norwich Arts Center
Norwich CT
First Prize- Summer Garden
Into the Darkness :Mysterious Images 2018
Norwich Art Center
Norwich CT
Juror: Matt Greene Florence Griswald Museum
First Prize - Clouds Are Not the Cheeks of Angels
GROUP SHOWS
Celebrations
It Takes A Village, People .. To Build A YMCA Sept. - Oct. 2014
Small Works Nov. - Jan 5, 2014
Flower Power- A Retro Exhibition May - June 2013
Illuminations June - Sept. 2013
Pumpkin, & Gourds, & Mums, Oh My Sept.- Oct. 2013
La Grua
East Meets West Feb.- March 2013
Celebrations
The Art of Tea Spring 2012
LaGrua May 2012
Stonington, CT
NAC Group Show March 2012
60 Broadway
Norwich, CT
Lily Pad Gallery February 2012
What Makes Us Happy
Willimantic, CT
Booklovers Gourmet February 2012
The Heart of the Matter
Webster, MA
CWA Members Show 2012 January 2012
ArtSpace Hartford
Hartford , CT
Norwich Arts Gallery
Holiday Treasures December 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013
Evolution Exhibit June 2010
Beauty/Beast Two people show April 2011
Feast or Famine July 2011
Studio M April 2011
NAC members
Mystic CT
Booklovers Gourmet
Group Show February 2011
Webster, MA
Silver Circle Studio
75 Main St
Putnam, CT-
Associate Artist 2010 -2015
Worcester Windows Fall 2009
Fire and Ice, Worcester Arts December 2009
ART FAIRS
Last Green Valley October 2012
Silver Circle Arts Tent
Brooklyn Fair Grounds
Brooklyn CT
Art Detour October 2012
Brooklyn Center
Brooklyn, CT