Susan T. Fisher has been teaching botanical art classes for over 25 years. She created curriculum and taught at the Denver Botanic Gardens, where she coordinated the botanical art program. Susan is also the former Director of the Art Institute at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum where she created the Nature Illustration Certificate Program. She continues to teach from coast to coast.
Susan is currently the Exhibits Chair as well as a past president and former board member for the American Society of Botanical Artists. She is a past president of the Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Illustrators.
Susan’s artwork appears in numerous books, florilegia, and private collections. Her work is also in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University.
EDUCATION:
Art Programs Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Bachelor of Arts, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Art History Studies, University of Bordeaux, France
Modern Art Studies, University of Pau and Toulouse, France
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Society of Animal Artists, former Board of Director member
American Society of Botanical Artists past President and former Board of Director member
American Society of Botanical Artists Exhibits Committee Chair
Honorary Director of the Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists
2014 Chairperson for the 20th Annual ASBA Denver International Conference
ASBA Exhibitions Committee
Garden Club of America Speakers Bureau
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Florilegium Fellow
Filoli Center Florilegium Fellow
TEACHING VENUES:
Art Students League of Denver
ASBA Annual Conferences throughout USA
Denver Botanic Gardens; Denver, CO
Desert Museum Art Institute; Tucson, AZ
Filoli Center; Woodside, CA
Foothills Art Center; Golden, CO
Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center; Georgetown, CO
Gore Range Natural Science School; Vail, CO
Huntington Gardens; Pasadena, CA
LA Arboretum, CA
Massachusetts Horticultural Society; Wellesley, MA
New York Botanical Gardens, NY
Rhode Island School of Design, RI
South Shore Art Center; Cohassett, MA
Tucson Colored Pencil Society; Tucson, AZ
Tucson Botanical Gardens; Tucson, AZ
Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, MA
JUROR:
2025 The Artist and the Garden, Core Art Space
2024 A More Abundant Future: Botanical Art Worldwide for the American Society of Botanical Artists
2020 Abundant Future: Cultivating Diversity in Garden, Farm, and Field for the American Society of Botanical Artists
2017 Botanical Art Worldwide: America's Flora for the American Society of Botanical Artists
2016 18th Annual Botanical Art Exhibit, Filoli Center in Woodside CA
2015 Life in the Wild, Berkeley Art Works; Martinsburg, WV
2015 RARE II: Imperiled Plants of Colorado, Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists; Denver, CO
2014 Society of Animal Artists 54th Annual Exhibition: Art and the Animal
2014 RARE: Imperiled Plants of Colorado, Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists; Denver, CO
2013 The Wildlife Experience in Art, for the Rocky Mountain Animal Artists in Colorado
2013 15th Annual Botanical Art Exhibit, Filoli Center in Woodside CA
2013 America's Parks Through the Beauty of Art
2012 Ohio Valley Art League, Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibit
2011 Art of Conservation for Artists for Conservation
2010 Art of Conservation for Artists for Conservation
2009 Fiesta Sonora, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild; Tucson, AZ
2009 RARE, Imperiled Plants of Colorado Exhibit; Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists; Denver, CO
2008 Blossom-Art of Flowers Exhibition for the Susan Kathleen Black Foundation; Houston, TX
2007 Fountain Hills Cultural Council 12th Annual Art Exhibit; Fountain Hills, AZ
2003 American Society of Botanical Artists Western Regional Exhibition, Loveland Art Museum; Loveland, CO
2003 Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Annual Conference Exhibition
CERTIFICATE EXAMINER FOR BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION & NATURE ILLUSTRATION PORTFOLIOS:
Denver Botanic Gardens
Brookside Botanical Gardens
Art Institute at the Desert Museum
Friends of Wellesley Gardens Botanic Gardens
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS:
2021 French Press Cafe Digital Art on Metal, one-woman exhibition
2020 Visions: Pastel Society of Colorado on-line show
2019 16th International Exhibition, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Chroma: 2019 Pastel Society of Colorado on-line show
2019 10 x 10 Invitational Fundraiser, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2019 Queen of the Night Exhibition, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2019 35th IAPS Juried Exhibition Webshow
2019 15th Annual Mile High National Pastel Exhibition, Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO
2019 Lost in the Woods, Lakewood Arts Gallery, Lakewood, CO
2018 Boyce Thompson Arboretum Show, Honorable Mention; Superior, AZ
2018 Cannabis: A Visual Perspective, Paquette Gallery, Salida; CO
2018 Cannabis: A Visual Perspective, Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College; Durango, CO
2018 Lost in the Woods, Valkerie Gallery, Lakewood, CO
2018 Lost in the Woods, CU Boulder Museum of Natural History; Boulder, CO
2017 Cannabis: A Visual Perspective, People's Choice Award, CU Boulder Museum of Natural History; Boulder, CO
2017 The Plants We Grow, one-person show, Georgetown Arts & Cultural Center, Georgetown, CO
2017 528.0 Regional Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Metro State University Center for the Visual Arts; Denver, CO
2016 Transitions: An on-line exhibition, Pastel Society of Colorado
2016 Holiday Show, Open Press Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 Winterlude: Botanical Promises, Bas Bleu Gallery, Boulder, CO
2016 Small Works, Cherokee Ranch and Castle; Daniels Park, CO
2016 Realist Women Do Art! Valkarie Gallery; Lakewood, CO
2016 2nd Annual Pressing Matters; In Celebration of Mo'Print; Denver, CO
2015 Art of Conservation Artists for Conservation; Vancouver, BC
2015 Wicked Aurora Cultural Arts District Gallery; Aurora, CO
2015 Susan Kathleen Black Foundation Annual Small Works Exhibit; Dubois, WY
2014 America's Parks II, E. C. Dunnegan Gallery; Bolivar, MO
2014 America's Parks II, The Wildlife Experience; Parker CO
2014 America's Parks II, Ironwood Gallery, Desert Museum; Tucson, AZ
2013 Sea of Cortez Exhibit, The Wildlife Experience in Parker, CO
2013 Sea of Cortez Exhibit, Ironwood Gallery, Desert Museum; Tucson, AZ
2010 In & Out of the Garden one-woman show, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Porter Hall Gallery; Tucson, AZ
2009 Flower Portraits in Pastel, Wildflowers At Home With Nature; Denver CO
2005 Studio Botanica Exhibition, National Center for Atmospheric Research Gallery; Boulder, CO
2005 Fresh Perspectives: Visiting Artists Exhibit, Bancroft Gallery; Cohassett, MA
2005 Studio Botanica Exhibition, Reed Art Gallery; Denver, CO
2004 Instructor Art Exhibition, Filoli Center Gallery; Woodside, CA
2003 A Showing of Floral Exuberance, Wildflowers At Home With Nature; Denver, CO
2003 Nature Observed, a Celebration of Botanical Illustration; Tam O'Neill Fine Arts, Denver, CO
PUBLICATIONS:
Dining with the Desert Museum, botanical illustrations, Tucson, AZ, 2005
Denver Post: seasonal botanical illustrations
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Newsletter articles
Arizona Wildlife Views (Arizona Game and Fish Department) March 2009 Article
Fulcrum Publishing, Growing Seeds! Starting from Scratch; drawings & illustrations
At Home with Xeriscape, Denver Water Department; botanical illustrations and garden designs
Pikes Peak Official Guide Wildflower Sketchbook; botanical illustrations
North Light Book Club Member of the Issue; botanical illustrations
International Water Lily & Water Gardening Society Water Garden Journal; cover illustration
