Susan Maxwell Schmidt

My mind lives in a rather strange world of its own, in a state which I tend to refer to as "delightfully twisted." Through my art, which I am vehemently determined to continue to create with as little outside influence as possible, I work to interpret the concepts my mind creates in a moment-by moment barrage of ideas. Though my work manifests itself in many different ways, from the delicate transparency of digital watercolor, to the no-holds-barred starkness of noir photography, to even the fanciful abstract-turned-conceptual properties of my fractal art, the undercurrent that binds them all is my love of surrealism. I prefer the worlds my mind creates to the one in which I live, and though I create all my art to please myself as a rule, nothing thrills me more than when it speaks to someone else as it does me.

Ms. Schmidt's visual art has appeared in "SLAM Magazine" and "Garden Tripod," and graces the cover of British group River City Portrait's digital single "Paralysed." In late 2015, Ms. Schmidt was chosen as the best artist to represent Pennsylvania in "50 States of Art 2015."