The Fine Art of Susan Gallacher

I was honored to receive an Honorable Mention for my painting "Country Church" in the Spring City Arts Competition. There were lots of very fine artists in the competition so I'm very pleased. 
​I had twelve artist friends staying with me the week of the event so it has been crazy busy fun. Evenings on my front porch with Steve Stauffer playing guitar and singing while we all enjoy the music.
Thanks to all the volunteer help who work so hard to make this a great event for the artists and visitors. 

"Country Church" 16 x 20 oil      Honorable Mention Award

The Fairview Fine Art Museum is a wonderful museum in Sanpete County, Utah. I am honored to be the winner of their Art Walk competition receiving First Place in Watercolor and Second Place in Oil. 
The museum has several of my paintings and sculptures on permanent display.  In the first photo I am standing by one of my sculptures and one of my paintings is on the wall. In the second photo I am standing by one of my paintings from a series of homeless paintings I did in about 1995. That painting is called "Alden's Goat". Alden lived in a car junk yard and let me paint him, his goat and surroundings. 

1st Place Watercolor  "Sheep At The Abandoned House" 9 x 14

                 2nd Place Oil "Homestead"  12 x 16

  I was privileged once again to be the guest artist at the meeting of the Intermountain Society of Artists who are a great group of local artists devoted to learning, exhibiting , and mentoring each other. 
  I did a larger painting from a smaller plein air painting I had done of a home next to my Sugar House art studio.
  Then had a nice question answer period after.

  This is the annual Plein Air Art Show where invited artists will be painting somewhere around the 15th Street Gallery from 3:00pm until around 8:pm so you can come and watch, then those paintings will be for sale that evening through the gallery. 
  It is a fun event with live music, artists at work and refreshments.
​Come look for me, I don't know where I will be painting yet.
​I hope you can attend.

                     Southern Homestead  8" x 12"

I look forward every year to participating in Midway's Plein Air Competition and visiting with the wonderful volunteers who work so hard to host this event. Also spending time with my painting buddies and staying at my sweet Salt Lake neighbor's beautiful Midway home, Lisa and John Goodman, and spending time with them. 
This painting "Morning Light" I painted two blocks from Lisa and John's Midway home. Thanks so much to all.
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"Morning Light at the Farm" 3rd Place Midway Paint Out

                         3rd Place Ribbon for" Morning Light"

         Thank You Ken Wade for purchasing my painting 

Thank You again Ken Wade for purchasing my Quick Draw Painting                                 "Garden Flowers"

This is a group art show and always a great one. I hope you can see it this month. I have a few smaller paintings in the show including "Green Valley".   

                        "Green Valley"  oil  12 x 12

  This is Utah's most prestigious art shows of the year.  My painting of the Vermillion Cliffs is in the show.  I go each year and paint for several days in the desert surrounded in it's moody beauty.
​I hope you can see this art exhibit. 
Springville Art Museum
126 East 400 South
Springville, Utah       phone 801-489-272
Open 10:am-5:pm     Closed Sundays, Mondays & Holidays

                          Vermillion Cliffs  20" x 30"

  The annual fundraiser to enable Art Access to have programs and art exhibits for the underserved  is here once again.
   My painting "Spring Thaw" will be for sale at this event in May and the proceeds will help fund their programs throughout the year.

                       Spring Thaw   10" x 11" oil

  This is an exhibit and sale of a winter plein air painting competition. I could paint anywhere in Utah so I painted from Salt Lake down to Spring City and this is two of five paintings I did for this show.  
  Most artists won't paint out in the snow but the scenes are worth the effort. 

                        The Snowman   11" x 14"  oil

                        Winter Creek  9" x 12"  oil

      I enjoyed a beautiful day out painting the Provo River

  This is a great art show to see and I am always honored to be one of the invited artists. I have two large paintings in this exhibit and I hope you are able to see it. 
​  This painting of sunflowers is one of my paintings in the show.

                  September's Sunflowers  31" x 31"  oil