About the artist:

“I like to paint what I see that strikes me at the moment. Things that don’t last long – like flowers and skies, water, the sunrise, clouds, approaching storms, a dandelion, an open tulip just before the petals fall off – a poppy bud before it bursts … as simple as possible, without laboring. I am trying to capture the color and shape the first time, that’s all.”— Susan Headley Van Campen Education 1970-1974 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts – Philadelphia, PA 1968-1969 Moore College of Art – Philadelphia, PA Solo Exhibitions 2001, 1997, 1994, 1988, 1985, 1984 Gross McCleaf Gallery – Philadelphia, PA 2002, 2001, 2000, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88 South Wharf Gallery – Nantucket, MA 2000 Firehouse Gallery – Damariscotta, ME 1999 Gallery 357 – Rockland, ME 1998 Somerville Manning Gallery – Greenville, DE 1996, 1983 Malton Gallery – Cincinnati, OH 1996 Geary Gallery – Darien, CT 1996 Round Top Center for the Arts – Damariscotta, ME 1995 Michaelian and Kohlberg – New York, NY 1995 Tioga County Council on the Arts – Owego, NY 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991 Leighton Gallery – Blue Hill, ME 1992, 1984 Maine Coast Artists Gallery – Rockport, ME 1989, 1983 Allport Gallery – San Francisco, CA 1987 Bayview Gallery – Portland, ME 1986 University of Maine at Farmington 1984 Contemporary Gallery – Dallas, TX Selected Group Exhibitions 2003 "Six Women Engage the Maine Landscape", Center for Maine Contemporary Art – Rockport, ME 2002 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, PAFA Alumni Invitational – Philadelphia, PA 2002, 2001, 2000 Lewiston-Auburn College – ME 1999 Firehouse Gallery – Damariscotta, ME 1998-2000 US Embassy – Prague 1998 Between the Muse – Rockland, ME 1997 Clark Gallery – Lincoln, MA 1998, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 90, 89 Pandion Gallery – Fishers Island, NY 1995 Prince Street Gallery, Still Life Invitational – New York, NY 1994 Philadelphia Art Alliance – Jimmy Lueders Collection 1994 Landscape Works by Women Artists, Bryn Mawr College – PA 1993 Priscilla Saunders Gallery – York Harbor, ME 1992 Six Women Artists, Gross McCleaf Gallery – Philadelphia, PA 1992 Portland Stage – Portland, ME 1991 Spruce Point III – Boothbay, ME 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989 Bayview Gallery – Portland and Camden, ME 1989 October, Bridgewater State College – MA 1989 Currents – Nakatsu, Japan 1989 May, Gallery Fortene – Newbury St. Boston, MA 1989 June, "From the Garden", Maine Coast Artists Gallery – Rockport, ME 1988 Farnsworth Art Museum – Rockland ME 1994, 1993, 1992, 1990, 1988 Gross McCleaf Gallery – Philadelphia, PA 1988 Allport Gallery – San Francisco, CA 1988 Maine Coast Artists Gallery, CA – Rockport, ME 1987 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, "The Flower" – Loretto, PA 1987 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, "Nature Morte" – Loretto, PA 1986 Francesca Anderson Gallery – Newbury St, Boston, MA 1986 Virginia Intermont College – Bristol, VA 1985 Allport Associates Gallery, "Interior Exterior Space" – San Fransisco, CA 1984 Woodmere Art Museum – Philadelphia, PA 1984 Cunningham Memorial Gallery – Bakersfield, CA 1983 The Noyse Museum – Oceanville, NJ Selected Collections Citibank – NY Farnsworth Art Museum – Rockport, ME Spencer Stuart – Boston, MA State Museum of Pennsylvania – Harrisburg, PA Nynex Readers Digest Association Inc. – NY FMR Corp. Fidelity Investments – Boston, MA Nomura Security International Inc. – NY Woodmere Art Museum – Philadelphia, PA Bryn Mawr College Library – Bryn Mawr, PA MBNA – Delaware MBNA – Camden, ME Hilton Hotel Corp. Amoco Corp. – London England Aico Standard Corp. – Valley Forge, PA Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll – Philadelphia, PA Cabot Corp. – Boston, MA Delaware Art Museum – Wilmington , DE The Fidelity Bank – Philadelphia, PA The Four Seasons Hotel Corp. – Toronto The Breakers Hotel – Palm Beach, FL Morgan Lewis and Bockius – Philadelphia, PA Myers Bianchi and McConnell – Los Angeles, CA E.F. Hutton – San Francisco, CA Provident National Bank – Philadelphia, PA Schnader, Harrison, Segal, and Lewis – Philadelphia, PA Millersville State College – Millersville, PA Rutgers University – New Brunswick, NJ Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Reserve Bank Smith Kline Beckman Corp. – Philadelphia, PA George Lucas, Private Collection Emily Mason, Wolf Kahn Private Collection Mr. And Mrs. John Sculley, Private Collection Awards and Honors Marsha Moss / Rose Graff Award – Cheltenham Art Center Millersville State College Purchase Award – Millersville, PA Rutgers University Purchase Award – Rutgers, NJ M.K. Kleinbard Award – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Cecilia Beaux Portrait Prize – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Cresson Memorial Traveling Scholarship (Europe) – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Bibliography Crichlow, Beth, "Artful Living", Down East Magazine – May 1990 Doherty, M. Stephen, Easy Solutions: Color Mixing, Rockport Publishers – 1998 Fasoldt, Sarah L., "The Artists Corner: Tim and Susan Van Campen", Maine Coast Artists – vol.4 #1 Feliciano, Krisitna, American Artist, Watercolor Issue – Summer 1995 Gonnella, Rose, Denise Anderson and Robin Landa, Creative Jolt Inspirations, North Light Books – 2000 Greenleaf, Ken, "Van Campen Watercolors: A River Runs Through Them", Maine Sunday Telegram, Portland – Dec. 13, 1992 Hopf-Lovette, Christine and Judy Horst, "In Praise of Women Artists, 1984", Bo Tree Productions, Palo Alto, CA – 1983 Leonard, Elizabeth, Painting Flowers, Watson Gupthill – 1986 Quinn, Jim, "Still Life with Nude Dowager and Porkchop", Philadelphia Magazine – 1974 Running Press, A Women's Journal, Philadelphia – 1992 Scott, William P., "Floral Arrangements by Susan Headley Van Campen", American Artist – May 1980 Williams, Reba White, "Flower Painting, Then and Now", American Artist – 1984 Zaferatos, Olga, Painting the Still Life, Watson Guptill Publications – 1985