My name is Susan Atkinson and I'm a Wisconsin-based watercolor artist!

I have had a fascination with art since I was able to draw with a crayon at about 3 or 4 years of age. A love of art was brought to my life by my mother who has been a strong encouragement to me throughout my life.

I have a strong art education dating back to high school and credit my teachers for sharing the enthusiasm of the creation of art with me. Beyond that, I'm primarily self-taught but admit to having studied under other successful artists on occasion.

My greatest teacher I feel is the observation of nature and your surroundings. I have also learned a great deal from reading and studying the work of other artists.

I love to paint what inspires me at the time, be it people, flowers, animals, or perhaps a theme or idea represented by imagery. The greatest gift to me from my art is that others find enjoyment in what I have created and bettered themselves along the way.

Juried Fine Arts Shows

1994 Art in the Park - Appleton, WI
2003 Bergstrom Mahler Art Festival - Neenah, WI
2004 Bergstrom Mahler Art Festival - Neenah, WI
2005 Smokey Hill River Festival - Salina, KS
2005 Art Street - Green Bay, WI
2006 John Michael Kohler Art Festival - Sheboygan, WI
2006 Art Street - Green Bay, WI
2006 Splash - Bay Area Watercolor Society - Green Bay, WI
2007 Paine Art Center Art Festival - Oshkosh, WI
2007 Bergstrom Mahler Art Festival - Neenah, WI
2007 Art Street - Green Bay, WI
2007 Splash - Bay Area Watercolor Society - Green Bay, WI
2008 Splash- Bay Area Watercolor Society -Green Bay, WI
2008 Waupaca Community Art Festival- Waupaca, WI
2008 Art Street- Green Bay, WI

2009 Splash- Bay Area Watercolor Society -Green Bay, WI
2009 Waupaca Community Art Festival- Waupaca, WI
2009 Art Street- Green Bay, WI


2010 Splash - Bay Area Watercolor Society- Green Bay, WI

2011 Splash- Bay Area Watercolor Society- Green Bay, WI

2010 Arts on the Square- Waupaca Community Art Festival- Waupaca, WI

2010 Art Street- Green Bay, WI

2010 Arts off the Square Madison, Wisconsin
2011 Arts off the Square Madison, Wisconsin

2011 Art Street - Green Bay, Wisconsin

Juried Fine Art Exhibitions


1995 Secura Fine Arts Exhibition - Appleton, WI
1996 Secura Fine Arts Exhibition - Appleton, WI - honorable mention
1996 Art at the Arb - Appleton, WI
1997 Art at the Arb - Appleton, WI
2003 Blue Stem Gallery - Salina, KS
2007 Jack Richeson International Portrait Competition - Kimberly, WI
2008 Bergstrom Mahler Museum Seven County Exhibition - Neenah, WI

2008 Bergstrom Mahler Seven County Art Exhibit- Neenah, WI
2008 Instant Art Exhibit- MAIN STREET ART WORKS- Hilbert, WI

2009 Wisconsin Visual Artists Exhibit: Neville Public Museum- Green Bay, WI
2009 Transparent Watercolor Society of America- Kenosha Public Museum- Kenosha, WI

2010 Wisconsin Visual Artists Exhibit: Main Street Art Works- Hilbert, WI
2010 Waupaca Community Art Center: Featured Artists- Waupaca, WI
2010 Jack Richeson-Richeson75 figure and portrait competition

2010 Water and Waves Exhibit at Sieppl homestead Beaver Dam, WI

and many more...