Artist
United States
Born in 1955
Joined Artisor: February 2024
Susan S. Perrish is an award-winning portrait-figurative artist living in Michigan. Susan’s art is of a traditional realist manner, but also tells a contemporary story. Her works include oil, soft pastel and graphite/charcoal. Susan began studying portrait and figurative drawing in 2014 under the tutelage of Amy Foster, and subsequently at the Atelier School of Art in Royal Oak, Michigan. Since 2016 she has been a member of the De La Vie Studio, where she regularly paints and draws from life. Susan has exhibited in many shows around the country, including the International Guild of Realism, where she recently received the John Singleton Copley Award of Excellence. She has been a finalist in the 14th and 16th Art Renewal Center International salons, and a semi-finalist in the 15th Salon. She has also had paintings in numerous Oil Painters of America and National Oil & Acrylic Society competitions, recently receiving an Award of Excellence in the NOAPS Best of America Exhibition. ARTIST STATEMENT “I am a romantic at heart. The extravagance of Sargent, the delicacy of Bouguereau, the mystique of Waterhouse all inspire me. I am swept up by them, taken into another world of grand costume and emotive storytelling. I love to paint detail, yet search for what lies beneath the physical – the intrinsic, magnetic, indefinable beauty that exists uniquely in each of us.”
Awards and Exhibitions:
2024
18th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibition, T.H. Brennan Fine Art,
Scottsdale, AZ
Artist Network Annual Over 60 Competition Finalist
2023
FASO Boldbrush Finalist, December
Richeson75 Figure/Portrait International Competition Finalist
International Guild of Realism Fall Salon Exhibition – John Singleton Copley Award of
Excellence for Figurative
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Best of America Award of Excellence, Principle
Gallery, Alexandria, VA
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Spring On-Line International
Mills Pond Gallery Figurative/Narrative Exhibition Honorable Mention, St. James, New
York
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Best of America Small Works Award of Merit –
Mary Williams Fine Arts Gallery, Boulder Colorado
FASO Boldbrush Outstanding Pastel Award, February
Birmingham Community House Juried Art Show and Sale
2022
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Fall On-Line International Exhibition
Northville Art House Small Works Competition – Second Place
Livonia Fine Art Competition – Third Place and Honorable Mention
Art Renewal Center 16th International Salon Finalist
International Guild of Realism 2022 Fall Salon Juried Exhibition – American Art
Collector Award of Excellence
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, James R.
Ross Fine Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Great Lakes Pastel Society National Exhibition
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Best of America Exhibition, Wilcox Gallery,
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Spring International Open Exhibition
International Guild of Realism 16th Annual Exhibition, McBride Gallery, Annapolis,
Maryland
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Best of America Small Works Exhibition,
Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham Community House Juried Art Show and Sale
The Guide Artists Magazine January Issue, Artist of the Month
Lawrence Street Gallery, The Body Eclectic – Honorable Mention
2021
American Artists Professional League 93rd Grand National Exhibition – Salmagundi
Club of New York
RICHESON 75 Figure/Portrait Finalist
Great Lakes Pastel Society Small Works Exhibition – Richeson Award
NOAPS Associate Member Online Exhibition
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils
Artist Network Strokes of Genius – Best of Drawing 13 Finalist
NOAPS Online International Spring Competition
Oil Painters of America Salon Show Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils
VFAA PAN Competition, Best in Show
2020
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Fall International Online Exhibition
Art Renewal Center 15th International Salon Competition Semi-Finalist
2020 Great Lakes Pastel Society Online National Exhibition – Frame Tek Award
The Community House Juried Art Show and Sale 2020
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Spring International Online Exhibition
VFAA PAN Juried Exhibition
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Small Works Juried Exhibition
Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors Women’s Work 2020 Exhibition, Black
Box Gallery
Lawrence Street Gallery The Body Eclectic Juried Exhibition
2019
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society International Online Competition
Richeson 75 International Portrait and Figure Finalist
Inspired by 2.0 Artist Exhibition, Pazdieski Gallery, Dearborn, September 13 – October
10
Canton Fine Arts Exhibition, Merit Award
Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors Small but Mighty Competition
Pastel Society of North Carolina International Juried Exhibition, Pure Color
FASO Boldbrush Outstanding Pastel – May
14th International ARC Salon Finalist
American Women Artists Spring Online Show
Our Town Community House Juried Art Show
DSPWS Juried Exhibition, Black Box Gallery
o Honorable Mention
VFAA PAN Juried Exhibition
o Award of Choice
The Body Eclectic, Lawrence Street Gallery Juried Exhibition
o Best in Show
2018
Richeson Portrait and Figure Competition
Livonia Art Commission Juried Exhibition
Canton Art Association Fine Art Competition
o Third Place
Artists on Art Magazine Article, When Art is in Your Blood, July/August Issue
FASO BoldBrush Outstanding Pastel, May
University of Michigan – Alfred Berkowitz Gallery Open Competition
Art of the Family: The Art of Donald, Robert, Susan and William Perrish – Northville
Art House, April 6 – 28
American Women Artists Spring Online Juried Competition
Lawrence Street Gallery Figurative/Portrait Juried Exhibition
Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors “Persistence” Juried Exhibition
2017
International Association of Pastel Societies 31st Juried Competition – Web Show
Artist Network “Strokes of Genius – 10” competition
Livonia Art Commission Juried Exhibition
Canton Art Association Fine Arts Competition
o People's Choice Award
University of Michigan – Alfred Berkowitz Gallery Open Competition
o Honorable Mention
Pastel Society of North Carolina International Juried Exhibition, Pure Color
“Inspired By…” Twelve-Artist Exhibit, Padzieski Art Gallery, September 7 – 27
FASO Boldbrush Outstanding Pastel Award, May
American Women Artists Spring Online Juried Show Finalist
Great Lakes Pastel Society Member Exhibition
o Silver Award
VFAA PAN Competition
o Best in Show
Pastel Society of the West Coast Online Member Exhibition
International Association of Pastel Societies 30 th Juried Exhibition – 2017 Convention
Show
Art Association/Society Memberships:
International Guild of Realism
Pastel Society of America, Signature Member
Portrait Society of America
Oil Painters of America
Great Lakes Pastel Society
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society
Publications:
The Guide Artists Magazine – January 2022 Issue – Artist of the Month
Artist Network “Strokes of Genius – 13”
Artists on Art Magazine, When Art is in Your Blood, July/August Issue 2018
Art Renewal Center 14 th and 16 th International Salon Publications
Artist Network “Strokes of Genius – 10