- Pastel "Luminescent
Woman" presented in Psyche and Soul by Dr.
Eleanora Woloy, 2002
- Pastel "Back
Bay Snows" selected as signature poster for Back
Bay Restoration Foundation, 2001
- Pastel "Full
Moon Rising" selected for Virginia Waterfront International
Arts Festival poster, 2000
- Who's Who in
America, 1998. Published by Marquis
- Who's W ho
of American Women, 1997-98. Published by Marquis
- Outstanding Teacher
Award, Governor's
School for the Visual & Performing Arts, University
of Richmond, VA, 1990,1993,1998,1999,
2006
- A Woman's Journey,
Inaugural Exhibition, Contemporary
Art Center of Virginia (Formerly Virginia Beach Center
for the Arts), Virginia Beach, VA Pastel and charcoal drawings
from exhibit featured in Art Center's brochure, 1989
- Chrysler
Museum, Norfolk, VA, acquisition of pastel "Morning
Sea", 1987
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Beach Gallery,
313 Laskin Road, Virginia Beach, VA carries Suzanne's work.
Reality Show,
Peninsula Fine Arts Center,
Newport News, VA,
Featured Artist,
Faces, 2005, Charcoal and Pastel Drawings
Teachers' Annual
Exhibit, Contemporary Art
Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, 2001 to Present
Landscape,
Tidewater Community College Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth,
VA, 2002
Featured Artist, Pastel Paintings
Recent Works,
Ramada Plaza Resort, Virginia Beach, VA (Solo Exhibit), 1992-2000
Pastel painting featured on cover of Ramada Plaza Resort brochure
The Commonwealth
Collects, Contemporary
Art Center of Virginia. Virginia Beach, VA (Group Exhibit),
1995 and 1996
Art in the
Park, Seashore State Park, Virginia Beach, VA (Organizer/Group
Exhibit), 1992
To Honor the
Earth, Artists at Work Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA (Solo
Exhibit, Guest Artist), 1992
Recent Works,
Waterworks
Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC (Solo Exhibit), 1991
Oil Paintings,
Commons Gallery, Norfolk, VA (Solo Exhibit), 1990
Nudes From
Life, Gallery 32, Virginia Beach, VA (Group Exhibit),
1989
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Reprinted from
The Virginian Pilot
"The art of
Suzanne Stevens combines realism with dreamlike imagery that
treads a fine line between everyday presence and the unknown
... The Virginia Beach artist's paintings of shore parks and
their shaded paths are vibrant with action ... Stevens is
an imaginative painter who uses long flowing lines with simple,
smooth surfaces that change slowly in tone and direction,
inviting the viewer to explore shaded areas of dense garden
green ... "Autumn" is a burst of color erupting
like fire as it spreads dramatically across the canvas. -Robert
Trotter
Stevens, who has
long spent her summers working on location in nature, takes
a mystical, romantic approach. Many of her pastel-on-paper
works depict footpaths through gardens, delightfully overgrown
ones with vast varieties of flowers ... Clearly, Stevens loves
color, and these sorts of gardens allow her the opportunity
to create fireworks at ground level. Hers is the sort of ecstatic
garden that throws itself at passers-by ... Also joyous is
Stevens' "Daisies at the Window," a romantic work
reminiscent of the whimsical work of Russian modernist Marc
Chagall. It's only a floral still life near a window, but
it leaps around and dances jigs, all in a vigorous, blinding
white light." -Teresa Annas
"Stevens'
pastels ... are a rich group of landscapes and nature studies
which are softly dramatic and strongly impressionistic ...
Her sense of place has aided in the creation of a series of
bright, well-planned pastels, as graphic as they are colorful...
The forms and themes of nature are presented with great feeling
and intense coloring ... She exercises complete control over
each mood and blending of color and line." -Teresa
Annas
"The Virginia
Beach artist brings ... mysterious touches to otherwise familiar
themes ... In "Storm's Edge" she restates that anxious
time from when the dark cloud line is sighted. The imaginative
"September Moon" is a single round of light set
amid a tempest of line defining clouds and sea. Both works
are sparked with a spontaneity which preserves freshness and
appeal... By starting on black paper, Stevens establishes
a mood of action and apprehension. This combination is played
out to the fullest, especially in her studies of waterside
creeks and the deeply introspective reflections in studies
such as "The Swamp."" -Robert Trotter
"In her large
one-person show ... she gracefully slips from dynamic, almost
graphic, compositions with strong shapes to delicate, intuitive
recollections of a softened natural environment." -Teresa
Annas
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Master of Arts,
Painting and Drawing, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, 1978
Bachelor of Arts, Painting and Drawing, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, FL, 1968 Graduated with Honors - Painter of the
Year and Draftsman of the Year, 1968
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Curated Student
Landscape on Location Show, Barry Robinson Fine Art Center,
Virginia Beach, VA, 2006
Instructor, Contemporary
Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, 1979 to present
Develop curriculum,
teach adults and children: Pastel, Watercolor, Oil, Charcoal,
Figure Drawing, Landscape Painting, and Drawing
Landscapes on Location - Student's exhibit at the Virginia
Beach Center for the Arts featured on"Our Place, Our
Time," television program for WHRO (Public TV), 1990
Private Instructor,
Fine Art Studio, Virginia Beach, VA, 1979 to present
Instructor, Virginia
Marine Science Museum, Virginia Beach, VA, 1993
Artist-in-Residence,
Virginia Beach School System, Virginia Beach, VA, 1991,1993,1999
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