SUSAN DENNIS
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Susan Dennis (born 1942, Leeds), was taught by Harry Thubron at Leeds College of Art 1958-63 and then studied postgraduate at Newcastle and Sheffield Universities. Susan has worked as both an art teacher and psychotherapist and now lives and works as a painter in York.
Daily life in York, the studio, still life with found objects and printed patterns, the landscape through the window, images of travel and memories of a rural childhood are the subjects of her paintings and drawings. She is influenced by British landscape painting; in particular by Sheila Fell, Winifred Nicholson, Mary Potter and Anne Redpath.
Selected Exhibitions
Susan has exhibited widely in the UK, most recently at:
The Gallery, Masham 2009
Zillah Bell, Thirsk 2005,2006,2007
York Open Studios 2003,2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Pyramid Gallery, York 2008, 2010
Regatta Fine Art, Norfolk 2008
Forthcoming
Zillah Bell, Thirsk 7 to 27 May 2010