Susan Spellman Studio

“When I was young, two of my most favorite things to do were to curl up in a big chair with a book, and to spend hours drawing and painting. I have been so fortunate to be able to combine my favorite pastimes into a dual career as a book illustrator and as a painter. Doing both satisfies my desire to be a visual storyteller and to explore and interpret the visual world around me. Working most days in the studio in illustration, I manage to get out one or two days a week to join my fellow “Plein Air” (In the open air) painters as we travel around setting up our easels, and painting the beautiful scenery around New England. My studio is in Newburyport, MA.

Fine art: Susan has participated in many group and solo shows, has won numerous awards in drawing and painting, and is a member of the “Newburyport Ten Plein Air Painters”, and the Newburyport Art Association.

Illustration: After earning a BA from Marymount College with a major in art, Susan started her career working for a company specializing in educational filmstrips, Educational Directions Inc. She illustrated entire filmstrips of fairy tales and folklore and learned the process of visual storytelling. After three years, she began freelancing as a book illustrator and as has extensive experience working in that capacity.

A list of books she has illustrated and a partial client list are included below.

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
Boyd’s Mill Press
Cricket Magazine
Concordia Publishing House
D.C. Heath
Harcourt-Brace & Jovanovich
Highlights for Children Magazine
Houghton Mifflin
Little, Brown & Co.
McGraw-Hill
Oxford University Press
Parker Brothers
Prentice Hall
The Psychological Corp.
Publication International Inc.
Scholastic
Scott Foresman/ Addison-Wesley
Silver Burdett, & Ginn
Warner Press

General questions, comments, and inquiries are welcome at: suespellman@comcast.net