Susan R. Deremer

Statement "I have to be creative... by painting. I am compulsive about it. Painting people is what I enjoy the most. I love the reactions of my clients, when they first see their finished portrait. That motivates me. I must do it... it's my calling."

Personal
Data
Born Susan Rene Rhoden on June 29, 1959 in Atlanta, Georgia
Married Randall E. Deremer on April 7,1990
Member of First Presbyterian Church of Douglasville, Georgia

Art Education Georgia Governor's Honors Program, Macon, Georgia, 1976
Institute of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1977-78
  • Awarded One Year Scholarship
    University of Georgia, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, 1982
    Workshops with Thomas Nash and Daniel Green
    The Portrait Institute, New York, John Sanden, 1995
    Richard Whitney Master Class, 1996
    Art Students League of New York, Nelson Shanks, 1998
Exhibits &
Awards
Cobb Center Bicentennial Show, Best In Show and Three Merit Awards
Third Annual Youth Art Month, Colony Square, Atlanta, GA, March 1976
The Georgia Board of Education, Art Merit Award, June 10, 1 976
GA Federation of Women's Clubs Second Place Award
Georgia Scholastic Press Association, First Place-Illustration
Semana de Arte, Vitoria, E.S., Brazil, Second Place, November 1977
Kennesaw State College Spring Art Festival, Two Third Place Awards
One Man Show, South Cobb Arts Alliance, Inc., June 1992
21st and 22nd Annual Atlanta Artists Club Members Traveling Show
Atlanta Artists Club March 1994 Show, First Place
Fine Arts Society of Kennesaw, February 1995, Third Place
The American Artists Professional League, Inc.
  • 69th Grand National Exhibition, November 1997
  • 70th Grand National Exhibition, November 1998
    Who's Who in the South and Southwest 1999-2000
    Who's Who in American Art, 24th Edition
    Who's Who Among American Artists

Affiliations The American Artists Professional League, Inc.
The American Society of Classical Realism
The American Society of Portrait Artists
The Portrait Society of America
The Portrait Society of Atlanta, Inc., Past President, Juried Member

Authorship

Atlanta, An Historical Sketchbook, Tryon Publishing Co., 1998

Portfolio · Client Comments · Atlanta, An Historical Sketchbook

Susan R. Deremer can be reached at
770-947-0157
email@susanderemer.com
Atlanta, Georgia

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