In 1974 Susan attended art school at Massachusetts College of Art where she majored in Illustration.  Several years later, she settled in New Hampshire where she began a freelance illustration career that would last for over twenty years.

In 2003, encouraged by local artist friends "to go into painting together", Susan returned to her love of drawing, painting, and the fine art world.  She has found many high quality instructors and workshops offered in the Vermont/New Hampshire area and much inspiration in her own back yard.

She has won numerous awards and most recently, "Moon Over Cornfield No.2" has won the Great American "Holy Cow Award" at the 2010 Pastel Society Of NH's National Juried Show "Its Pastel". "Under The Red Tree" has won an Honorable Mention at the Falmouth Artists Guild's 2010 Fall Juried Show.   

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Susan Parmenter  shares this good news:

**"A Girl And Her Dog" won an award at the NH Pastel Society member's show in Concord.

Susan's pastel **"The Unusual Hat" won a merit award at the Pastel Painters Of Maine show in Kennebunk, Maine.

        Posted on February 11, 2012 by Sunapee News               

“It’s Snowing!” – Oil painting by Sunapee artist and naturalist Susan Parmenter is on display at Monadnock Fine Art Gallery in Keene, N.H.

Daffodil And Limoges      9 x 12    Pastel                          Study Of A Brook       8 x  10     Oil  

Vase w/Feather & Shell     13 x 19    Pastel                          View From A Bridge    16 x 20     Oil

November In Grantham    6 x 8    Oil                            Ice On The River         16 x 20        Oil

The Shaded Path       20 x 24        Oil                                 Indian Summer      10 x 10        Oil

Early Winter          6 x 8             Oil  

Calamondin Orange     9 x 12       Pastel           **  The Unusual Hat      9 x 12      Pastel

              Sunflowers In A Glass Vase    20 x 28     Pastel           Chickadee dee dee     4 x 6    Oil       

             Under The Red Tree       20 x 24         Oil                   Winter Woods     9 x 13            Pastel        

              It's Snowing      4 x 6       Oil                                  A Winter Brook       6 x 8         Oil

Bowl With Apples      16 x 20     Pastel                     Through the Blossoms     9 x 9        Pastel

  Bare Trees       24 x 30        Oil/wood panel        Acorn Squash    15 x 17    Pastel

Girl With The Black Cat       13 x 19     Pastel              Girl in A Pink Kimono     39 x 30    Pastel

     Silver Basket with Apple    5 x 5       Pastel           Morning Glance   28 x 30    Pastel

Encounter    26 x 34     Pastel                                             The Blue Hill     18 x 24   Oil/linen

  Study at Odiorne Point   9 x 11      Oil         Onions   19 x 22       Pastel               

        Floating Water Lily             12 x 15             Pastel                    Calm    9  x 9      Oil

   Water Lily      10 x 12    Oil                                      Peonies    12 x 15   Oil