Susan Crew

American outsider artist Susan Crew, was born in Chicago, Illinois, raised in Newburgh, Indiana, a small river town of 1500 people and is now a resident artist at Essex Studios in Cincinnati, OH. Formally trained in depth psychology, she eventually followed her heart into what is now a full time pursuit of making art. Excited by the work of the Abstract Expressionists and the Surrealist's relationship with the unconscious, she immerses herself in a dialogue with unseen forces of the imaginal realm as she calls forth images onto the canvas. Gesture, movement and strong color are her primary tools. She creates moments of lucidity, windows into the invisible realm of archetypal energies and spirit.

Sometimes her work is purely abstract expression, sometimes various creatures and figures emerge. Each bring their own energy. Drawn to and fascinated by cows and their connection with the energies of the Great Mother goddesses, Susan paints herds of these gentle animals. Feminine powers of caring for, nurturing and protecting come through these animals who come to do no harm and can turn grass into milk. Each cow she paints brings her own emotion and mood through the colors, marks and gestures Susan is prompted to make.

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Education:
1968 Indiana University B.A.
1970 University of Cincinnati M A.
1982 University of Cincinnati Ph.D.
1993 Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, 3 year post graduate certificate in Gestalt Psychology
2004 Initiated Kontombilé Stick Diviner, 3 year study with Malidoma Somé
2015 Assisi Institute, 1 year certificate in Dream Pattern Analysis with Michael Conforti

Juried Shows
2019 Because I Said So, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Beauty and Bounty, Art on Vine, Cincinnati,OH
2016 April Showers, Art on Vine, Cincinnati, OH
2015 Spark, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2014 Splash, Kennedy Heights Art Center Cincinnati, OH
2013 All Things Unexplained, Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
Bloom, Civic Garden Center, Cincinnati, OH
Golden Ticket, Clifton Cultural Arts Center,Cincinnati, OH
2012 Golden Ticket, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Cold Hands/Warm Hearts, Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
Bloom, Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2011 Golden Ticket, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH


Group Shows
2019. Crones in the Country, Ash Gallery, Elesmere, KY
Intent to Vandalize, Art Beyond Boundaries , Cincinnati, OH
2018 Spring Show, Dick Waller’s Art Place, Cincinnati, OH
2017 LUSH, Bee Gallery at the Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH
2016 Black and White, Redtree Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Whispers of Heaven and Earth, Upstairs at the Greenwich, Cincinnati, OH
Series, Red Door Project, Contemporary Arts Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Magical, Redtree Galle...