Suzanne Clifford Clark

Suzanne graduated from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts. She also attended the Julian Ashton School of Art in Sydney N.S.W. Australia, The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, and the School of Classical Realism under Atelier Prohl.

While growing up, Suzanne lived in Kingston, Jamaica; Lima, Peru; Bogota, Colombia; and Sydney, Australia. Her family's frequent relocation allowed her to travel extensively throughout Europe and the Far East. This gave her the opportunity to see and study the work of great masters in such places as the Louvre, the Uffizi, the National Gallery in London and the Prado. This early exposure to such a wide range of art influenced the approach she took to her own work. She strives not to emulate the past but to synthesize the technical means of classical art with more modern concerns.