Susan Himmel is a watercolorist and mixed media painter living in Albany, New York. She has always been passionate about art, but it wasn't until 2006 that she fell in love with watercolors while attending a week-long program at Kripalu Center in Lenox called Painting and Yoga in the Berkshires. Susan attended drawing and painting classed at Berkshire Art School and in regional workshops over the next few years. Always a keen observer of nature, she finds inspiration for her work in the hill towns, the deep forests, wildflower paths, mountain lakes, river rocks and clouds, as well as in everyday objects.

Susan attributes painting to changing her life, saying "As a result of my journey as a painter, the way I experience the world has shifted. Painting has become my looking glass, my means of examining life inside and out. Art is alchemy; it changes individual lives and whole communities for the better." 
 
Her work has been featured in solo and group shows in galleries and in non-traditional settings primarily in the Northeast, especially in the Berkshires and in the Capital District. Susan's paintings also hang in a number of private collections here and abroad. New works are always being created. Check back here or follow on social media for latest updates. 

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