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As a lifelong lover of nature and travel, I have always been fascinated with native plants of the world, and with the indigenous people who live in places I've visited. My paintings reflect these interests with botanical paintings and scientific illustrations of plants, as well as portraits of the people of Latin America, where I have traveled widely.
Although I have considered myself a serious artist since I was 15, I put my art on the back burner to get a PhD in botany and to follow a career in Public Garden management. Upon retirement, I returned to painting and have won awards in competitions across South Texas, and teach botanical illustration and watercolor portraits. My work is represented in two prestigious art galleries, Nuevo Santander Gallery in McAllen, Texas and River's Edge Gallery in Kerrville, Texas.
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My recent awards include:
Best in Show and Honorable Mention, Art Center of Corpus Christi, February 2010
First Place for Works on Paper, Art Center of Corpus Christi, July 2010
First Place for Works on Paper, Art Center of Corpus Christi, July 2011
Celebrating the Americas, One Person Exhibition, Art House of McAllen, December 2009
Celebrating the Americas, One Person Exhibition, Art Center of Corpus Christi, February 2010
3rd Place for Water Media, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art - 41st International Art Show, January 2012
Indigneous Faces, One Person Exhibition, Harlingen Museum of Art and Heritage, August 2012
Sue Sill Collection, One Person Exhibition, Texas State Technical College, Harlingen, Texas, February - May 2013
Third Place and Honorable Mention for Water Media, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, 42nd International Art Show, March 2013
Please visit my new art website - http://suesill.com/