BIO

Susan Piperato grew up wanting to be an artist and/or writer, but words won out over images and she pursued a career in publishing instead. She has worked as a journalist, magazine and book editor, and writing teacher in New York City, Australia, and the Hudson Valley, where she raised two sons and still lives. She holds a dual BA in journalism and English from Syracuse University and an MA in English literature from SUNY New Paltz. She began studying drawing with Meredith Rosier in 2018, and illustrated the book Animal Sutras by Stephen Levine (Monkfish Book Publishing Company, 2019).

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Having doodled obsessively since leaving art behind as a teenager, I began studying abstract drawing with Meredith Rosier in August 2018 to allow myself a respite from working with words as a professional writer and editor. Now I find that drawing and writing often flow from and nurture each other. Drawings trigger storytelling and vice versa.