My name is Susan, I am an artist from Australia. My work is hand painted using acrylic paint on canvas. I use either stretched canvas or canvas panel in various sizes.

Since a very young age, I have been drawing and painting and making a variety of art. After completing High School, all I wanted to do was continue making art so I studied and completed a 3 year Diploma of Fine Arts in Sydney in 1996.

I majored in Studio Painting but it also gave me experience in Etching, Printing, Black & White Photography and Sculpture.

I had my first group exhibition in Sydney in 1996 which was a great experience.

In 1999 I moved to Newcastle, NSW where I lived for 5 years and in 2001 I started my own art Business selling my own orginal hand made greeting cards, bookmarks and gift tags to local boutique gift stores which I continued until 2003, at which point I left Newcastle and moved back to my home of Sydney.

Since then I have worked in various jobs from a dishwasher to a recruitment consultant in the corporate world but art is the only thing that I feel is a fulfilling path for me.

These days I am grateful to able to spend more time on my painting and work a day job part time.

I have always been fascinated by the use of colour, light and luminosity as well as the effects of light and shadow. I am also greatly inspired by nature, mythology, astrology, spirituality, archetypal imagery and well as symbolism.

My work has been featured or published in the following places

2010 Magical Faeries Calendar - My painting "Fairy Gathering" is featured for the month of November and I am very excited to have my work published alongside other internationally known fantasy artists such as Josephine Wall, Linda Ravenscroft & Judy Mastrangelo

The Magical Times Magazine - July 2009

Faeries and Angels Magazine - Valentines Day issue 09

Celestopea.com - Featured Artist Feb 09

Eclecticism E - Zine - Jan 09 Issue

My Artwork "Fairy Gathering" published as postcards & distributed Australia wide by Avantcard - April 2008

Fae Nation - Artist Of The Month - Dec 07

To VISIT MY WEBSITE ...OR Subscribe to my FREE NEWSLETTER for my latest Paintings, Art News, Freebies and Products available online **Click Here!**

OTHER ART LINKS:

If you would like to purchase an Original painting, ACEO, Print, Greeting Card, Bookmark or Pocket Mirror featuring my art, you can at

*My ETSY Store*

Other products include: 2010 Magical Mermaids Calendar", "MousePads", "Mugs", "Magnets","Stickers" and MORE of some of my Mermaid, Goddess &Fairy Paintings

Zazzle Store

All images are protected by © COPYRIGHT,they can not be used, copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Artist © Susan Rodio 2008.

THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE LEFT COMMENTS AND THANKS FOR VISITING!

ArtWanted.com Gallery:   Fine Art
Past Clients:   Front Cover Design and Illustrations for a local New Age Magazine.