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Susan Tower’s art enables us to remember our inner connections with the higher realms of Nature. Her images remind us of the unconditional love and support that is always available to us.
Susan‘s talent as an illustrator is apparent, but it is the extra step she takes to weave healing within her images that really sets her apart. She blends her love for nature with growing access to ancient mastery. Her paintings bridge connection with the viewer to the beauty, strength and resourcefulness of Nature.
Her Sacred Site paintings are portals to ancient mystery and wisdom. She brings her own access of alchemy and clarivoyance into every brush stroke.
Contact Susan at: susan@susantower.com.
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Autobiography
I have always been fascinated by Nature and have been drawing or writing about it for as long as I can remember.
I had the good fortune to grow up riding horses beside a forested area, first in North Carolina and then in Michigan. It was an endless playground for me, as there were always tracks to follow or nests to check on. As the cycle of seasons turned, my connection and empathy with Nature strengthened and soothed me through many challenges.
When I graduated from college in Michigan (Kendall School of Design, Grand Rapids, 1985) with a degree in Illustration, Hallmark Cards, Inc., moved me to Kansas City to be a line designer. I soon changed my status with Hallmark to freelance designer, and worked for them for over 12 years on a wide variety of products.
I also embraced modern dance when I moved to Kansas City. With the enthusiasm of an excited beginner, which I was, my intrigue of dance led me to discover a joyful, fluid way of perceiving the world. Since then, my paintings are created from a feeling of delightful dance with light, color and shadow. They are impressionist in style from a place of meeting light where it illuminates the subject. Before I studied dance, my paintings were very tight and photorealistic. Now, the joy of movement is felt from my art because it is within me, expressing outward.
In 1990 I began to draw the symbols of spiritual guidance that I sensed around people, creating what I now call, 'Soul Paintings'. These images are like personal tarot cards that reveal the client's inner strengths through a language of symbols from Nature. I have done hundreds of these spiritual art drawings over the years and I feel blessed to assist people to feel more empowered and connected to Nature.
It is through this path of awakening that I began a spiritual approach to imagery and discovered a profound fascination for ancient sites, especially those built of stone. The mystery of how ancient peoples moved such heavy stones may never be solved, but it is clear that they could. This fact alone baffles our modern understanding of what is possible. I surmise that the people who built the stone circles and were actually very advanced and that there is much to learn from them. Their mystery magnetizes me, and over the last 10 years it has made me a world traveler, a plein air painter and an avid student of symbols, geomancy and ley lines. I intend that my paintings of these ancient sites trigger awakenings within the viewers, for indeed, it is time it awaken.
As an artist, I endeavor to reflect beauty and love, especially through animals and Nature. I lend my creativity to strengthen the Earth and recreate harmony within Her ecosystems. Blessings to us all, that we remember now how to live in peace.
Susan Tower, visionary artist
