Susan Goodmundson for bio 2024

Susan Goodmundson Fine Art

A JourneySusan's first memories of making art were at her grandmother's round oak table, with lots of blank paper and a fresh box of crayons at her Iowa farm.   Having had some training along the way, she describes herself as "mostly self-taught" in Pastel her favorite medium as well as oil, colored pencil and watercolor.  She has taken workshops with Tina Moore, Bob Gerbracht, Gill Dillinger, Richard McKinley, Kim Lordier and  Margot Schulzke.  She also attended demos at the International Association of Pastel Societies.  They include Lorenzo Chavez, Albert Handell, Jeanne Rosier Smith, Cuong Nguyen

  Why do I Paint this scene or person?  It is always the light and or thoughtful persons within the painting.

Doing sketches, notans to finalize the composition.  Drawing the final version of the painting and transferring it to the archival sanded paper.  Selecting the colors with values in mind and putting them  aside, so I don't have to try and find them and lose my train of thought.  I have collected more than 2000 pastels and several hundred of pastel pencils. .

  We travel throughout the United States taking photographs along the way which gives me a huge selection to  paint from in my studio.

Susan has pastels in many private collections.  She is a Signature member of the Pastel Society of the West Coast,  Blue Line Arts,  Placer Arts,  North Tahoe Arts,  American Women Artists- associate with distinction,   International Guild of Realism,  member of California Art Club,  Portrait Society of America, and Pastel Society of America.

Painting selected by the International Guild of Realism 2024

Painting selected by the International Guild of Realism 2023

Painting selected by the International Guild of Realism  2022

Painting selected for Hilbert Museum of California Art 2022

Painting selected by 99 voices of Pastel 2022

Painting selected by the International Guild of Realism  Online Exhibition 2021

Painting selected by the Pastel Society of the West Coast online Membership show 2021

Pastel Society of the West Coast Online Membership show 2020

Pastel Society of the West Coast Online Pastels USA exhibition 2020

Pastel Society of the West Coast and hung at the Haggin Museum 2019

 American Women Artists Org. and hung at Rockwell Museum exhibition 2018

Painting selected for IAPS convention exhibition 2017

Crocker/Kinsley competition and hung at the Crocker Art Museum 2016

 Pastel Society of the West Coast exhibition at the Morro Bay Art Center 2016

Painting selected by the Pastel Society of the West Coast exhibition at Morro Bay Art Gallery 2014,  Award from the Pastel Society of Maine

Pastel Society of the West Coast and hung at the Marin Society of Artists Gallery 2013 Pastel Society of the West Coast and hung at Art Museum of Los Gatos 2010.  

Many more.....