Susan Nicholas Gephart
Susan Nicholas Gephart is a 1979 BFA Graduate of The Pennsylvania State
University who has been painting award winning landscapes “Plein Air” for thirty
years. Susan’s deep appreciation of the earth is seen in her colorful,
impressionistic pastels and oils mostly painted “Plein Air.” She has shown with
The Pastel Society of America, The Art of the State of Pennsylvania, won Best of
Show in The Central Festival of the Arts, and is in the permanent collections of
The Penn Stater Conference Center, and The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. In 2007 she was inducted into the Mountgomery County Community College Alumni Hall of Fame.
Committed to the idea of bringing art to the public and creating environmental
awareness through her landscape painting, Susan has worked for over two decades
coordinating exhibits for the Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association ,
served on the Board of Directors of the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania and
donates to The Clearwater Conservancy. Susan is a Certified Instructor and Product Demonstrator for Jack Richeson Art Supplies and Gamblin Oils. She has taught through The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, instructs privately, as well as for the C. Barton McCann School of Art, Rochester Fine Art, and organizes artist retreats and workshops at the Hameau Farm Studio in Belleville, PA..
Susan’s landscapes can be seen at Langman Gallery in Willow Grove, PA.,
Faustina’s, Lewisburg, PA., Victorian House Antiques and Artisan's, Bellefonte, PA, and her home
studio in Bellefonte, PA. This August to December Susan will have a solo exhibition entitled, "Focus on the Landscape 2009", at The Hub Galleries of The Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, State College, PA.
More of Susan's work may now be found on her web site at http://snicholasart.com
"Cloudscape"
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"Sammy's Day"
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"West Side of Mount Nittany" |
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