Susan Nicholas Gephart,
a 1979 BFA graduate of Penn State, has been painting award winning landscapes
“Plein Air” thirty years. Susan’s deep appreciation of the earth is seen
in her colorful, impressionistic pastels and oils.
She has shown with The Pastel
Society of America, The Art of the State of Pennsylvania, and is in the
permanent collection of The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art . Susan
and her father Thomas C. Nicholas, Jr., have a retrospective exhibit entitled,
“Landscape Passages,” at Montgomery County Community College Central Campus, in
Bluebell, PA. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2008, from
1 - 3 pm. In October 2007 Susan was inducted into MCCC's Hall of Fame.. Susan
organizes annual May and October "Plein Air"Artist Retreats at Hameau
Farm Studio in Belleville, PA, and sponsors two high school students each May
at Hameau with the David M. Hopkins Memorial Scholarship.
“Focusing on the landscape, my
goal is to capture the beauty of our fragile earth and convey a message of
importance. Keeping my mind’s eye open for unique, electric reactions in
pastels and oils continues to excite and rejuvenate my ongoing love of painting
Sky, Water, and Earth.”