Born in Pittsburgh, Susan Swartz inherited her creative gene from a family of artists and musicians and has been painting for more than 40 years. Since 1998, after raising her family (she has three children and nine grandchildren), she has devoted herself to painting full-time from studios in Park City, Utah and on Martha’s Vineyard.

Inspired by the natural world and the intersection of spirituality and art, Swartz paints landscapes and nature scenes that are profoundly abstract. Her distinctive style and artistic excellence have earned her international awards and recognition, and her works are featured in private and corporate collections around the world.

Her paintings are included in the International Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland; Salt Lake Olympic Museum, Salt Lake City; and the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame Museum in Ishpeming, Michigan.

In December 2006, Swartz was published in Gibbs Smith collectors’ book Painters of the Wasatch Mountains. In 2005, she was honored by Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in recognition of her interactive or artistry with spirituality. She was commissioned to do commemorative artwork for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games and was the recipient of the Mansion Artist of the Year Award by former Utah Governor Michael Leavitt. She has received countless honors and awards from The Garden State Watercolor Society Show, The National Audubon Society, Salmagundi Club of New York, and the Grand National Exhibition of the American Artist Professional League. Her biography appears in American Artists of Renown, and she was one of 15 artists invited to exhibit at the “Le Salon des Nations” in Paris in the late 1980’s.

Swartz is also an active member in her community, supporting programs for social change. She has helped finance the development of numerous films, including the 2005 Oscar-winning documentary Born into Brothels, about several unforgettable children who live in the red-light district of Calcutta, and is involved in many other social and environmental endeavors, including supporting projects in Park City and Martha’s Vineyard for low-income and diverse populations.