Susan Hotard, OPA, AIS, NOAPS
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. 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, Rome, Italy campus;
The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts; and Art Students League (NYC)Kinstler Workshops
Oil Painters of America:
OPA 2020 First Place Signature Fall Online
Show
OPA National Show, 23rd, 24th,25th,,Annual
Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils
OPA 2016, 2018 Western Regional Show
OPA
2016,2018,2020 Salon Show of Traditional Oils
Virtuosos of the OPA; St. Augustine, FLA 2019
Oil Painters of America Awards:
OPA 2020 Virtual Salon, Silver Medal Associate/Signature Division
OPA
2018 Western Regional, Portraiture Award of Excellence
OPA 2016 Fall Online Showcase, Honorable Mention
OPA
25th National Show, Neil Patterson OPAM Award of Excellence 2016
OPA 2014 Fall Online Showcase, 3rd Place
Associate Member
Publications:
VoyageHouston.org
interview 2018
The Encyclopedia of Oil Techniques, 2017, Search Press, Jeremy Galton, Quarto Books UK
Southwest Art Magazine, AIS National
Show, 2017
PublicNewsOnline, Houston interview 2016
American
Artist magazine: Cover story and 8 page spread, 2005
International Artists
Book: How Did You Paint That?, 2004
Times Picayune: Artistic Expression by
Angus Lind, 2006
Other Recent Accomplishments:
Select Fifty Award Portrait Society of America International Competition 2019
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts 40th Anniversary Faculty
Show
NOAPS Best of America Small Works; Fredricksburg,
TX 2019; Best Values Award
Audubon Artists 76thAnnual Exhibition,
Salmagundi Club NYC, Elaine and James Hewitt Award
Texas Chapter
Portrait Society of America Face Off; Houston, TX 2018
NOAPS Fall 2018
online show
NOAPS Best of America National Juried
Exhibition 2018
American Impressionists Society Small Works 2017,2018,2019
18th, Annual American Impressionists Society Show; Park City, Utah 2017; Honorable Mention
15th,18th,21st Annual American Impressionists Society Show
Audubon Artists 73rd Exhibit, Salmagundi Club NYC,
Gold Medal of Honor and cash award oil/acrylics
Richeson 75 Small Works 2015, First Place, oils
Richeson 75 Figure/Portrait 2012, First Place, oils
Audubon Artists 70th
Exhibit, Salmagundi Club NYC, Marquis Who’s Who in America Award
2012
Richeson 75 Small works; 2009,2010,2012,2017
Academy Gallery, The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts;
Solo show 2015
Garden District Gallery, New Orleans, numerous group and solo shows 2010-2015
Academy
Gallery, Annual Miniature Show, 2006-2017
Art Community Volunteerism:
Woodlands
Waterway Art Festival Judge 2010-2014; Woodlands Waterway Art Fest Selection juror 2015, 2018; Pavilion Partners Scholarship
Judge 2016-2020
Gallery:
Gallery 330; 330 West Main Street; Fredericksburg,
Texas 78624; Phone: 830-307-3339