Biography
Suzanne is an American painter, fourth generation artist, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A native of southern Colorado, Suzanne spent her early years studying alongside her grandmother, father and their contemporaries. While still in high school she began taking college courses, studying color theory and design with watermedia artist Stephen Quiller. Reed Fine attended Adams State University, receiving her Bachelors of Arts degree in Art, with emphasis on drawing and design, with minors in history and marketing. After graduation in 1989, she interned in ASU's Student Activities department before her post graduate work at the Portfolio Center, in Atlanta, Georgia. Suzanne worked in graphic design for several years in Denver and Atlanta before she and her husband relocated to Yorktown, Virginia. It was during this time she decided to turn her focus to painting and became partner in Blue Skies Art Gallery, Hampton, VA. She has studied with Stephen Quiller, Katherine Chang Liu, Alex Powers, Charles Reid, Judi Betts, Eric Wiegardt. She has taken master classes with Bo Bartlett and Stephen Quiller whom she continues to draw and paint with.
She and her family reside in Columbus, Georgia, where she maintains her full time studio practice and teaches privately. Her work has been accepted in many national shows as well as in private and corporate collections. She was named by Artists' Magazine as one of the top ten "Artists to Watch", as well as Southwest Art's "Emerging Artists", and "Women in Arts". She was awarded the Edgar Ewing Award for the National Watercolor Society in San Pedro, California. She is represented by C. Waters Gallery in Creede, Colorado and Two Sisters Gallery and Highland Galerie in Columbus, Georgia. She is a Signature Member of American Watercolor Society, Associate Member National Watercolor Society, Signature Member Southern Watercolor Society. Suzanne is a founding and active member of the Board of Advisors for the Bo Bartlett Center, in Columbus, Georgia.
Suzanne Reed Fine in her Columbus, GA studio.
artists statement
“I am interested in the expression of movement in nature, both within and in-between the object, how it presents itself and the energy around it.
My art is informed by the crisp light and clear colors of my childhood in southwestern Colorado that mesh with the softer atmospheric influences of my current home in west Georgia. The juxtapositions of air and weight, movement and stillness, definition and softness, result in a hybrid world within my paintings. I am fascinated by the relationship of colors, how they work together to make each other dance.
Drawing and painting rooted in curiosity, fosters an understanding of the interconnectedness of all things, and compels me to be a better steward to the earth and each other.”
— Suzanne Reed Fine
ART MAKES YOU SMART - Bo Bartlett Center Outreach
Suzanne is a founding board member of the Bo Bartlett Center in Columbus, GA. She helped develop the Art Makes You Smart Program (AMYS) which brings art and artists into the classroom. Because of COVID, they were unable to be in person, so they reconfigured the program to now include a video series for educators to use. Each video is a studio visit with an artist, showing their work, talking about what they do and why they do it, as well as giving a studio tour. These videos are available for anyone to view on the bobartlettcenter.org website.
More about AMYS:
AMYS is a Partners in Education, Partners at Large Program collaboration with the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and the students of the Muscogee County School District. AMYS is a 4 part program held over 4 weeks, which brings professional artists and BBC Artist Board members to the classroom to lead students in creative exploration.
Artists/volunteers demonstrate and students participate in drawing and painting sessions. Classes include a 4-part series: “Art Tells a Story,” the story of Bo and his life in Columbus, his art studies and paintings, led by Suzanne Fine; “Drawing Sessions with Bo Bartlett;” “Painting Bartlett Pears” on canvas with acrylics, led by Gloria Mani; commencing with Tours of Bo and Betsy’s Studios and the Bo Bartlett Center.
Highlights: Art Makes You Smart received the distinction of the PIE/Chamber of Commerce Partners at Large Award in 2016.
The first AMYS exhibition included the drawings and paintings of over 200 students and was held at the RiverCenter in April the same year. Participating Schools: Downtown Elementary, Kendrick High School, and South Columbus Elementary.
Goals of the program: Inspire creative and critical thinking, drawing and painting skills learned from the discussions with and demonstrations by artists at work.
Class ratio: 3-5 Committee members to 35 student.
website: bobartlettcenter.org
A view from the the studio, two paintings for Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Seattle, WA.
copyright Suzanne Reed Fine 2022
Select Exhibitions
2022 Taste of Creede, Featured Artist, May 31, 2022, Creede, CO
“HART- An Art Show” March 2022, AC Hotels , Columbus, GA
2021 “Tranquility” June 8-July 5, 2021 , C. Waters Gallery & Creede Hotel, Creede, CO
“Beyond Go Figure” June 15, 2021 Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus GA
Signature American International Watermedia Exhibition , Fallbrook Arts Center, Fallbrook, CA
Carrolton Center of Fine Arts, Georgia Watercolor Society, Carrolton, GA
Small Works Exhibition, Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI
2020 Sautee Nacoochee Center, Georgia Watercolor Society Members Exhibition, Sautee Nacoochee, GA
2019 Lyndon House Arts Center, Georgia Watercolor Society Members Exhibition, Athens, GA
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, commission pieces, Seattle, WA
Bo Bartlett Center, Drawing Under the Skylights, Small Group Show, Columbus, GA
Creede Chamber of Commerce, Taste of Creede, Small Group Show, Creede, CO
Two Sisters Gallery, Group Show, Columbus, GA
2018 American Watercolor Society 151st International Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Signature Status, American Watercolor Society, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Southern Watercolor Society Exhibition, Manatee Arts Center, Bradenton, FL
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse - Corporate collection , Reno, NV
Highland Galerie, Columbus, GA
2017 American Watercolor Society 150th Anniversary International Members Exhibition, New York, NY
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, corporate collection, Auburn Hills, MI
2016 Midtown Mingle 2016 Season Limited Edition Print, Columbus, GA
Summer Big Show - C. Waters Gallery, Creede, CO
Two Sister’s Gallery - small group, Fall Exhibition, Columbus, GA
Southwest Art Magazine, Women in Art, August 2016
Columbus Museum - Art for Education, Columbus, GA
Columbus Museum - Let There Be Art! Columbus, GA
2015 Art for the Endangered Landscape, Honoring Wolf Creek, Durango, CO
Painting with the Masters, Lecture and Demonstration, Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
The Taste of Creede, Plein Air Invitational, Creede, CO
2014 Nature Exposed, Two person show with David Montgomery, C. Waters Gallery, Creede, CO
The Big Show, Small Group show, Frame Shop Creede, Creede, CO
Creede Repertory Theatre — 2014 Season Limited Edition Art Poster, Creede, CO
Women’s Works – Northwest Area Arts Council, Woodstock, IL
Columbus Museum — Let There Be Art! Invited artists, Columbus, GA
2013 Georgia Watercolor Society – National Exhibition, Carrollton, GA
National Watercolor Society – Members Exhibition, San Pedro, CA
American Watercolor Society – International Exhibition, New York, NY
Southern Watercolor Society — Members Exhibition, Quincy, FL
Taste of Creede, Plein Air painting and Exhibition, Creede, CO
Johns Creek Art Center, GWS Signature Member Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Select features/Awards
The Columbusite, Feature Vol. II, “In the studio with Suzanne Reed Fine”, Columbus, GA May 2022
Featured Artist, 2022 Taste of Creede, Creede, CO May 2022
Hart, Five person Art Show, AC Hotel, Columbus GA March 2022
Jane Markson, The Curious Navel Podcast, New York, NY April 2021
The Columbusite Magazine, Interview with Blake Blackmon, Columbus GA June 2021
Artists Studio Visit, Art Makes You Smart Video Series, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus GA April 2021
Shout Out Magazine, Atlanta GA May 2021
Voyage Atlanta Magazine, Feature Hidden Gems, South Atlanta Edition August 2020
Georgia Watercolor Society, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA 2019
American Watercolor Society, Awarded Signature Member Status, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY 2018
Del Norte Prospector, Local Del Norte Student Paints Success, by Lyndsie Ferrell, April, 2018
Ledger Enquirer, Columbus Artist featured in National Exhibit, by Carrie Beth Wallace, April 2017
Midtown Mingle Art poster Artist, Midtown Columbus GA 2016
Southwest Art Magazine, Women in Art, August 2016
Southwest Art Magazine, Women in Art 2015
Southwest Art Magazine, Emerging Artists 2015
Creede Repertory Theatre 2014 Season Art Poster Artist, Creede CO
Watercolor Artist Magazine - Ones to Watch 2013, December 2012
Columbus Artists Guild - 2nd Place, 2012, Columbus GA
National Watercolor Society - Edgar Ewing Award, Member Exhibition with $500, 2012, San Pedro CA
National Watercolor Society - Donor Exhibition 2012, San Pedro CA
Columbus Artists Guild - Best of Show 2010, Columbus GA
Columbus Artists Guild - First place 2009, Columbus GA
Southern Watercolor Society - Canson Watercolor Award 2009, Columbus GA
Georgia Watercolor Society - 2nd place 2008, Valdosta GA
Creede Repertory Theatre, Solo Exhibition 2008, Creede CO
Watercolor Society of Alabama, 1st place, National Member Exhibit 2008, Decatur AL
Arts on the River – 2nd place 2007, Columbus GA
Joseph House Art Gallery Solo Exhibition 2007, Columbus GA
Watercolor Magic Magazine’s Artists to Watch 2007 nominee
Georgia Watercolor Society Awarded Signature Member Status 2007, Carrollton
professional organizations
American Watercolor Society, Signature Member, AWS
National Watercolor Society, Associate Member
Southern Watercolor Society, Signature Member, SW
Georgia Watercolor Society, Signature Member, GWS
The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus State University, Founding Board Member
Suzanne Reed Fine Studios … 627 Second Ave. Suite 1 … Columbus, GA 31901