Suzie Black

Suzie Black blends her background of traditional artwork with the freedom and energy of Abstract Expressionism. “It is this merging of styles that really interests me and allows me to be my truest self.” She received her formal training with advanced degrees in both Art Therapy and Art Education at The George Washington University and studied at both the Corcoran School of Art and Scottsdale Artists’ School. Although Suzie taught art to children in public schools and evening classes to adults for many years, she continued painting and always knew that she would return to her love full time. Her style is at once creative, evocative, and alive with rhythm and pulsing life. Her happy, intuitive colorful paintings reflect an impulsive, youthful optimism and the energizing influence of the young painters she surrounded herself with for many years. Born in New Jersey, Black now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband Dave. Her mother was a great early influence as an artist and interior decorator. As a child, living outside of Manhattan and going into the city on weekends with her family, she was exposed to amazing art from around the world. She began to paint as a teenager and fell in love with it immediately. “My greatest influences were the abstract expressionists and expressionist portrait painters including Richard Diebenkorn, Julien Freud and Egan Schiele. I’m extremely attracted to art that’s brimming with rhythm and pulsing life.” Ms. Black dedicates herself to lifelong learning and teaching all ages.