Susan Van Winkle

Susan C. Van Winkle, residing in North Stonington, Conn., has been devoted to the visual arts for over 40 years. An artist of wild and domestic animals, Susan displays a diverse scope of different mediums to express her passion for animals. Mediums of choice include drawing in graphite, pen & ink and scratchboard and sculpture in marble, alabaster, soapstone, bronze, resin, cast stone and cold cast bronze. Formal art training includes four years of study in fine art, illustration, photography and commercial art at Paier College of Art, Hamden, Conn. Sculpture and the techniques behind it have been enhanced through courses at the Washington, Conn., Art Association, guidance through the Paul King Foundry and Mystic River Foundry, plus self-taught experimentation.

Except for Susan’s one-of-a-kind stone carvings, Majesty, her other sculpted pieces done originally in clay need to go through the lengthy process of casting in a more permanent material. Susan likes to have a hands-on approach in the next phase, tackling the engineering of the mold, making a rubber mold of her sculpture, to the final casting and finishing. Exhibiting both nationally and internationally, Susan has received a number of awards for her work. Most recently, in 2014 and again in 2017 and 2018, she received the Marine Environmental Wildlife Award at the International Show Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport. Her work is in private collections throughout the U.S.