Susan's career path is muti-faceted, challenging and in the end came full circle. In high school she was very involved in musical theater, music and fine arts. Susan was a member of the art club, fine art honor society and entered college as a fine arts major. In college she traded her brush for a pen and changed her major to journalism, which she excelled at for many years in her professional career.

After a fruitful career in journalism Susan decided that teaching about the environment would provide a more meaningful way to connect people with nature. It was through teaching environmental education that brought Susan back to fine art, first through nature journaling and then by taking images from her journal and painting them on a larger scale.

As an artist Susan does not make sweeping political statements, what she wants is for people to stop and notice the amazing creatures and biota that we share the world with.