Artists Susan Greenbaum and Beth Verheyden

Susan Greenbaum shows her work at the Dragonfire Gallery in Cannon Beach and Art Elements Gallery in Newberg. She is included in the Lake Oswego Reads Show this year, “Running the Rift,” which is currently touring the state. Among many awards, Susan received the Best of Show in Lake Area Artist show 2013 from juror Judy Morris. She studied Studio Art and Elementary Education at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois. This began a life learning experience which has extended to classes at Washington University in St. Louis, Portland State University, Pacific NW College of Art, Portland Community College and many classes with professional and internationally recognized painters throughout the United States. 

Working full time as a teacher, five years as a dorm parent in a boarding school and raising three children, painting was put on hold for a few years and her creativity then emerged with exuberance in water media. Since 1994, Susan has dedicated her time to painting. 

Greenbaum is currently experimenting with acrylics and collage. The constant surprise and unexpected results of the paint challenges her artistic harmony. Energy and liveliness resonates throughout Susan’s work; each stroke is in response to the whole as created by the previous mark. 

Beth Verheyden has been teaching art in her studio in Boring, Oregon for the past 22 years. She conducts both studio and plein air watercolor workshops around Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. She has a following of people who love art and are eager to learn to paint dynamic paintings with strong design. Her students refer to her as the “design guru,” and she agrees that her most important emphasis is on a strong composition and correct application of the elements and principles of design.

She began her art career at George Fox University over 30 years ago, and has continued to study with Alvaro Castagnet, Mel Stabin and most recently Ron Ranson. Her paintings have won numerous awards and including several Best of Show. Her work hangs in private and corporate collections around the Pacific Northwest, Maryhill Museum in Washington and Alaska.

A journalist describes Verheyden, “Watching Beth paint is like watching ballet. With effortless strokes honed by years of experience and heaps of talent, a scene appears on paper that evokes the emotion, colors, and atmosphere of the landscape.”

Beth’s work is on display with the the Watercolor Society of Oregon Show at Tsuga Fine Art Gallery in Bothell, WA; Lake Oswego Holiday Showcase, in the Lake Oswego Reads Exhibition; in the Holiday Gallery at the 510 Art Museum and ARTspace in November through December.