Susan Fleming Hotard
Painting is my tool for interpreting the life that our
Almighty God has so wonderfully made. Whether it be portraiture, still life, or landscape; I try to record my observations
of the world in a realistic, but painterly way. Painting is a life-long journey
and I’m certainly enjoying the trip.
American
Artist magazine featured a cover story on Susan Hotard’s artwork in an 8-page spread in the July/August 2005 issue;
and she is published in a how to paint still life book by International Artist Publishing. Ms. Hotard, who earned the highest
honor while attending the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, has taught at Delgado Community College; and at the Jewish Community
Center. She’s taught several 5-day and 3-day workshops for New Orleans area art guilds. Ms. Hotard has judged several
New Orleans area art guild competitions including New Orleans Art Association, La Petit Art Guild, and Jefferson Art Guild;
and painted demonstrations for West Bank Art Guild, St. Charles Art Guild, La Petit Art Guild, New Orleans Art Association,
Metairie Art Guild, Louisiana Artists Association among others. In November 2006, Ms. Hotard was asked to talk on “Design
and Composition” at the New Orleans Museum of Art for New Orleans Art Association.
While attending the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, Susan
studied with Auseklis Ozols, Carol Pebbles, and M. Dell Weller. She has made several trips to New York to study portraiture
with Everett Raymond Kinstler at the Art Students league, and Daniel Greene at his studio in North Salem.
Publications:
Times-Picayune: Artistic Expression June 19, 2006
American Artist, July/August 2005 (cover story)
How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Still Life
And Florals, International Artist
Publishing, January 2004
The Artist’s Magazine, Still Life Competition,
Finalist, December 2005
Gulf Coast Arts and Entertainment Review, September/October
2004
The Advocate Magazine, Baton Rouge, November 2004
& December 2005 (art review)
New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles, Spring 2002
Junior League Show House 2002 catalog
Education:
C. E. Byrd High School; Shreveport, LA
B.F.A.; LA Tech University; Ruston, LA
LA Tech ; Rome, Italy
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts
Exhibitions/ Art Organizations/ Awards:
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, highest award 2002:
The Gwendolyn Laan Ozols Award
New Rouge Fusion, Baton Rouge, 1st place, December
2005
The Artist’s Magazine, still life competition finalist, December 2005
International Artist Publishing, Art Prize Challenge 17, finalist, 2003
Academy Gallery,
Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Jan. 2009
The Woodlands
Art League; 1st place, 1st honorable mention oil (professional category), fall 2008
Lone Star Art
Guild Convention; 3rd Place oil professional category, 2008
The Woodlands
Art League; Best Floral, 1st place oil, 3rd place oil,
2 honorable mentions oil (professional category); Spring 2008
La Nouvelle Salon
World Trade Center, group show, January 2007
Mid-City Art Studios,
open studios, December 2006
Academy Gallery,
NOAFA Miniature Show; November 2006, 2007, 2008
Crazy Eights,
St. Tammany Art Association, group show, November 2006
World Trade Center,
New Orleans, group show, August 2006
Academy Gallery,
NOAFA: Response to Katrina, group show; April 2006
NOAFA Faculty
Awards: Daniel Breaux 2000, Auseklis Ozols 2001, M. Dell Weller 2003
River Road Show,
Baton Rouge, 2002,2004(3rd place & honorable mention)
Solo Shows: Galerie
Eclat ,New Orleans May 2003, May 2005
River Oaks Square
Art Center, June/July 2008
Degas Pastel Society
National Show 2000, 2001, 2004
From Cezanne to
Vermeer, Galerie Eclat, 2004
Mogiliani Group
Show, Galerie Eclat, 2003
Junior League Showhouse 2002, exhibited 3 paintings
New Orleans Art Association WTC Show 2002
St. Tammany Art Association‘s “Ashes To Art”
exhibit, 2001
New Orleans School of Glassworks Show: 2000,2001
Associated Women in the Arts 2000
Art in Bloom 1995,2001, 2007; NOMA
Whimsie 2004,2005,2007,2008
WYES Art Auction Donor
Member of: New Orleans Art Association, Louisiana Watercolor
Society, Degas Pastel Society, Portrait Society of America, Pone Aliquid Contra Faciem Meam Carbone Delineabo, La Nouvelle
Salon, The Woodlands Art League
Gallery Representation: Nunnery’s Gallery; Jackson,
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