Primarily a landscape painter, Susan Lynn’s paintings have been described by many as poetic, lyrical, luminous, and serene. A native Kansan, she earned her BFA from Kansas State University in 1985. The early part of Susan’s career was spent working as an architectural illustrator. It was, as it turned out, a fantastic training ground for a realist landscape painter, honing her understanding of perspective, light, and color. She gradually shifted her focus entirely to fine art, and her work has now been featured over twenty times in national art publications, including Plein Air Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, and International Artist Magazine.

Active in today’s plein air movement, Susan regularly participates in some of the nation’s top juried and invitational plein air competitions. She believes that painting the landscape en plein air (outdoors, from life) affords her a keener awareness of the unique qualities of light that give one a sense of place, and strengthens her feeling of connection to the natural world. She takes the studies, the memories, and the sensory experiences of that practice back into the studio to draw on for her larger works. Her passion for painting en plein air fuels her passion for travel, making annual painting trips to Maine, South Carolina, Vermont, and Europe.

Accomplished in both watercolor and oil, she has earned signature membership status in the American Society of Marine Artists, American Women Artists, National Watercolor Society, Outdoor Painters Society, and is a past elected Artist Member of the historic Salmagundi Club. Her extensive list of awards include the Elta Joyce Murphey Grand Prize at En Plein Air Texas, the Michael Willing Memorial Award from the National Watercolor Society, and the American Women Artists’s Award for Distinguished Achievement in Landscape Painting.

In 2018, Susan moved from the Midwest to Rockport, Massachusetts, having fallen in love with both the beauty of Cape Ann and with fellow Rockport artist John Caggiano. In 2019, she opened her own gallery, the Susan Lynn Gallery & Studio on Main Street in Rockport, and currently serves as Vice President of the Board of Governors of the Rockport Art Association & Museum.