We welcome Susan Bloch to the Open Spirit Gallery.
About Susan “Sooz” Bloch
A native of Philadelphia, Susan “Sooz” Bloch, lived in Seattle, Washington, for 45 years where she finished school at the University of Washington and met her husband, Bill, of 44 years. In 2014 they moved to Portland, Oregon, to spend their golden years close to their daughter and son.
Sooz began painting seriously eleven years ago, studying with Anna Rhodes who runs an Artist’s Retreat in Seattle. She has also taken classes at North Seattle Community College. Working mostly with gouache, an opaque watercolor, Sooz prefers subjects that have special meaning in her personal life, much of it being in and around nature. She enjoys traveling and uses those ventures as inspiration for her work.
“I love painting layer upon layer of color until the image begins to emerge on the paper. I never know what the end result is going to be, but the experience is a wonderful and spiritual adventure.”
Sooz has exhibited her work at the Art/Not Terminal Gallery in downtown Seattle, and at exhibitions with the Seattle League of Arts at Seattle Center.
Since moving to Portland she has exhibited her work at the Geezer Gallery and Artist’s Repertory Theater and at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center, along with the art group, Ora: Northwest Jewish Artists (Ora is Hebrew meaning “light”).
“I greatly appreciate any opportunity to display my work. Thank you to Pastor David and Rhonda Eppelsheimer for their invitation to present at the Open Spirit Gallery.”
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