Susan Bower, ROI, RBA

Susan was born in Yorkshire in 1953, and was educated in the sciences at Nottingham, Sussex and Leeds Universities. However, it was her love of art that prevailed after the birth of her fourth child, and she became a student of William Selby. She has been painting professionally for fifteen years.
Her paintings are often figurative and reveal a world of experiences and situations translated through a degree of abstraction. The resulting images are striking in composition and palette and present an impression of naivety and imagination.
Susan was made a member of the ROI in 1992 and elected to the RBA in 1998. She has exhibited with all of the major societies, RA and institutes over the years. She has also been a part of mixed shows and 2- and 3-man exhibitions around the country.
Awards include
- the Cuthbert Mill Prize RBA, 1996
- the Le Clese Medal ROI, 1998
- the Alan Gourley memorial award, 2000