Background
Susie Campion (b. Lansing, Michigan, USA) is a contemporary painter and graphic designer based in Nashville, Tennessee. She works primarily in watercolor on paper and canvas. She often incorporates ink, stains, and layered textures into her paintings.
Artistic Focus
Campion is best known for her botanical watercolors, landscapes, and patterned compositions. She also creates striking gouache streetscapes. Each piece reflects her strong sense of form, hierarchy, and design. Her paintings highlight both the natural and built environment. She explores the quiet beauty found in vibrant growth as well as fading life forms.
Process
Her artistic process is rooted in observation, curiosity, and a deep connection to the natural world. She works in watercolor across a range of subjects—from botanicals to landscapes to abstracts—each guided by a unique form of exploration. In her botanical studies, she forages stems and sticks to create arrangements that inspire new compositions. For landscapes, she paints en plein air to capture the shifting light and colors of a place in real time. When exploring abstraction, she researches and reflects to translate feelings and space into visual form. Throughout it all, she photographs compelling scenes, preserving moments that often evolve into future paintings.
Notable Series
Campion’s series include Floor Arrangement, Botanical Interpretations, and Beauty of Aging in Shadowbox. These works explore impermanence, memory, and the visual structure present in both design and nature.
Exhibitions & Collections
Susie Campion has exhibited at LeQuire Gallery, Gallerie Tangerine, and Customs House Museum. She has also shown work at Arrowmont Gallery, the Harding Art Show, and Centennial Art Gallery, all in Tennessee. Her artwork is held in private collections across the United States.
