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SUSAN ALLEN is an accomplished musician with a Bachelor’s Degree in French Horn Performance from The Cleveland Institute of Music. She was a member of the Canton and Youngstown Symphonies and was Principal Horn of the Suburban Symphony Orchestra of Beachwood, Ohio for twenty-seven years. Susan retired from music in 2012 to actively pursue her interests in the studio arts. She has studied drawing, watercolor, and oil painting with many artists in the Cleveland area, including the late John Carlson, Dino Massaroni, and John A. Sargent, III. She is passionate about capturing in oil the many beautiful and varied landscapes that she photographs while traveling. Susan has participated in a number of juried art shows in Cleveland and regularly exhibits at Tower Press Studios. Her talent has been recognized by several international landscape competitions where she took top honors on three occasions for her work in painting seascapes. Susan lives on Lake Erie in Bratenahl, Ohio, with her husband, Tom, and their Golden Retriever, Piper.
“An Extra Helping of Lowcountry”, “Lowcountry Formal” and “Marsh View” are some of Susan’s Lowcountry landscape paintings.
Spring Vol I 2022
“Fripp has been an important part of our lives since 1980, when my in-laws built a home on Remora Drive. For the past 40 years Fripp has been our retreat from our overly scheduled lives in Cleveland. Our children grew up vacationing on Fripp, building sandcastles, crabbing, attending Camp Fripp, and enjoying all that this beautiful island has to offer. Now our grandchildren are happily following in their footsteps. | 36
