Susi Schuele is an award-winning abstract artist celebrated for luminous watercolor landscapes that move between color, texture, and raw emotion. Rooted in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and now painting from her home in Pingree Grove, Illinois, she shares her creative life with her husband Chuck and their two dogs, Stardust and Luna — loyal companions who have claimed permanent residence in the studio.
After a fulfilling career spanning technology, graphic design, and web design, Susi answered a deeper calling in 2015 and devoted herself fully to painting. Her work draws from music, scripture, and lived experience, each piece built through layers of gestural abstraction that invite the viewer to feel before they think. Beyond the canvas, her creativity extends into handmade cards, fine art prints, fiber art, and digital design.
A longtime collector of antiques and family heirlooms, Susi finds in old things what she pursues in her own work — the belief that objects and images carry memory, and that beauty is most meaningful when it tells a story.
Her paintings have been exhibited, collected, and cherished by those who find in them a language for what words cannot quite reach. Whether through a sweeping watercolor, a handcrafted piece, or a carefully designed print, Susi's purpose remains constant: to create art that builds a bridge between visual expression and human memory.
