Susan Hotard OPA
Susan Hotard OPA, AIS, NOAPS
Oil Painters of America Signature Member
American Impressionist Society Signature Member
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Signature Member
Audubon Artists Inc. NYC Elected Member
Susan Hotard is an experienced and award winning artist who lived in New Orleans over 31 years and now lives in the Houston suburb of The Woodlands, Texas. Susan had a cover story in American Artist magazine (July/August 2005) and earned the highest honor at The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. Most recently she has had a painting accepted into the OPA Masters Show (2023). She won the first place in the 2020 Oil Painters of America’s Signature Division of the fall, Online Showcase and won the OPA Silver Medal in the 2020 Salon Show. Susan painted the portrait demonstration for the OPA National show in 2020. Her portrait was in the Top Fifty Award in the Portrait Society of America’s International Competition 2019. Two of her portraits are featured in The Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques 2018 by Jeremy Galton. Since 2003, Susan has taught portrait, figure, and still life workshops in Texas and Louisiana. She enjoys the vibrancy of both the New Orleans and Houston art communities.
Education:
BFA in Interior Design, Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University: Rome, Italy
The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts
Art Students League; New York City (Everett Raymond Kinstler Workshops)