Art By Susan

2011-11-04T08:03:00.001-07:00

God saw she was getting tired and a cure was not to be.

So He put his arms around her and He whispered come with me.

With tearful eyes we watched her suffer and watched he fade away.

Although we loved her dearly, we could not make her stay.

A golden heart stopped beating. Talented working hands to rest.

Susan Forsythe Clem, 58, went to be the Lord, Tuesday, November 1, 2011, after a long and courageous battle with Lymphoma cancer. She was born at the Marine Air Station in Cherry Point, NC and lived in Liberty Borough PA, Perryopolis, PA, Westerville, OH and Gahanna, OH. She graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Susan worked 32 years as a Senior Graphic Designer for the Kroger Co. Her ads won many advertising/marketing awards including the prestigious FMI award. She continued to pursue her love of fine art, painting in her studio and on locations. Susan is survived by her loving husband, Richard of 36 years; parents, Gerald and Roberta Forsythe of Hilliard, OH; brother, Gary Forsythe and wife, Terri (Bradshaw) of Grove City, OH.; nephews, Grant Forsythe of Columbus, OH, Garrett Forsythe of Grove City, OH.; niece, Christine Forsythe and Kevin Phillips and son, Blaine of Grove City, OH; mother-in-law, Eleanor Clem of Perryopolis, PA; sister-in-law, Peggy (Clem) and husband, Zackary Gray of Largo, FL; nephew, Timothy Gray and wife, Jaime of Louisville, KY; nieces, Jennifer Booth and David Booth and son, Grayson of Raleigh, NC, and Michele Gray of Largo, FL.; and many cousins and friends. 2 memorial gatherings will be held. 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov 12 at Flatwoods Baptist Church, 104 Griffin Road at Town Country Road, Flatwoods, with memorial service to follow at 4 p.m. officiated by Pastor Darrell Evans.and from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Dublin Baptist Church, 7195 Coffman Rd., Dublin, OH 43017 with memorial service to follow at 4 p.m. officiated by Pastor Darrel Gabbard. To leave the family a special message of condolence please visit http://www.newcomercolumbus.com/ .

Susan was born in Cherry Point, North Carolina Marine Corp Air Station to the proud parents of Bertie and Gerry Forsythe. She grew up in the Pittsburgh suburb of Liberty Borough, Near McKeesport. She attended Manor elementary school and said the teachers always said “if you are going to attend Manor school, you will have to have manners”. She had an idyllic childhood where she and her little brother Gary were best of friends and remain so today. After ninth grade, her family moved further south of the Pittsburgh area to the small town of Perryopolis. It was in high school that she begun to think seriously about art. One of her first paintings, a portrait was entered into the Fayette County fair and won First Place. Susan rose thru the Girl Scout ranks to earn one of their highest titles. After high school she graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh with a degree in Visual Communications. At the beginning of her second year she met Rich. He had recently returned from severing four years in the Air Force and was beginning his studies at the Art Institute. Rich is also from Perryopolis. Susan and Rich commuted 40 miles each way to school on a Greyhound bus, so they got to know a lot about each other quickly. Although older he now found himself dating an upper classman. Susan got a job right out of school near where she grew up in McKeesport. She was creating art that was made into transfers and applied to glassware. Then moved to a job designing ads for a local grocery company. After a short stint it was down to the state line to Point Marion and back to the glassware business designing images for all kinds of glass products. …For the artists, this obscure little company once employed Peter Max. It was about this time that Susan and Rich were married. Two years later (1978) they moved to Columbus. Susan found work creating forms for a small printing company. A year later she started work for Kroger, at their headquarters in Westerville, where she designed printed materials for all their marketing and advertising needs. Susan rendered the first images of PePe the penguin. During her 32 years at Kroger her work has won numerous advertising awards. Including the prestigious FMI award. Susan continued her fine art journey in her spare time. She traveled to exhibits, trips to France included as many art museums as they could find. And yes, Monet’s home and studio. Also Matisse and Picaso’s places on the cote d’azur (French Rivera). But, her favorite to visit was Northern New Mexico, where a lot of the great American painters have painted. She loved its land, colors and light.

Rich and Susan will have been married for 36 years November 29, 2011.

2011-08-12T13:20:00.000-07:00

Shupe Homestead

9X12 Oil on Canvas

2011-07-31T15:31:00.000-07:00

Summer Arrives

9x12 Oil on Canvas

2011-07-22T16:35:00.001-07:00

Malabar Farms

11x14 Oil on Canvas

2011-01-01T10:29:00.001-08:00

Smiling Faces
12x9 Oil on Canvas

2010-12-31T11:18:00.000-08:00

Three Little Pigs

11x14 Oil on Canvas

2010-12-31T11:16:00.000-08:00

Sunflower Bud

7x5 Oil on Canvas

2010-12-16T15:21:00.000-08:00

1815 Searight Fulling Mill

Perryopolis, PA

8x10 Oil on Canvas

2010-12-04T09:20:00.000-08:00

Water Garden

16x20 Oil on 100% Rag Board

2010-11-30T17:51:00.000-08:00

Chilly Sunday

8x10 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air

Honorable Mention, High Road Gallery Plein Air Exhibit, October 2011

2010-11-30T17:45:00.001-08:00

Headed To Pasture

14x11 Oil on Canvas

2010-11-30T17:33:00.000-08:00

Sunday

8x10 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air

2010-11-17T13:57:00.001-08:00

Black & White

12x9 Oil on Canvas

2010-11-12T12:04:00.000-08:00

Pines At Hoover

8x10 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air - Alla Prima

2010-11-12T12:03:00.000-08:00

New Albany Farm

8x10 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air - Alla Prima

2010-11-12T12:01:00.000-08:00

Alexandria View

8x10 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2010-11-08T13:41:00.000-08:00

Guardian

12x9 Oil on Canvas

2010-11-05T12:18:00.001-07:00

Poetry Of Place

8x10 Oil on Canvas
Alla Prima

2010-11-05T12:17:00.000-07:00

Cloudscape
8x10 Oil on Canvas
Alla Prima

2010-11-02T13:38:00.000-07:00

Autum Brown
8x10 Oil on Canvas
Alla Prima

2010-10-31T08:07:00.000-07:00

Golden Moment

11x14 Oil on Canvas - Plein Air

2010-10-29T14:59:00.000-07:00

Waterlillies
8x10 Oil on Canvas

2010-10-19T13:13:00.000-07:00

Innswoods October
8x10 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2010-10-05T12:09:00.000-07:00

River's Edge

10x8 Oil on Canvas

2010-09-30T14:44:00.000-07:00

Moots Run Church
8x10 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air - Alla Prima

2010-09-24T15:53:00.000-07:00

Three Silos

12x16 Oil on Canvas

2010-09-24T15:51:00.000-07:00

Dawes View 2
9x12 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air - All Prima

2010-09-24T15:49:00.001-07:00

Dawes View 1
5x7 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air - Alla Prima

2010-09-24T15:47:00.000-07:00

White's Mill, Athens Ohio

12x16 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air - Alla Prima

2010-09-24T15:46:00.000-07:00

Hocking River, Athens Ohio
12x16 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air - Alla Prima

2010-09-24T15:44:00.000-07:00

Pair Of Pears 2

8x8 Oil on Clayboard

2010-09-19T16:16:00.000-07:00

Lighthouse Resort View

12x9 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air - Alla Prima

2010-08-31T15:43:00.000-07:00

Once Proud SOLD
12x9 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air - Alla Prima

2010-08-31T15:41:00.000-07:00

Moots Run Morning
8x10 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air - Alla Prima

2010-08-29T05:02:00.000-07:00

Scioto View
11x14 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air - Alla Prima

2010-08-26T16:41:00.000-07:00

Moots Run Red Barns

9x12 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air - Alla Prima

2010-08-17T13:15:00.000-07:00

Udderly Different View
12x16 Oil on Canvas

2010-08-17T13:14:00.000-07:00

View From Liberty Church
9x12 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air

2010-08-09T13:12:00.000-07:00

Gail's Place
8x10 Oil on Canvas

2010-07-25T09:03:00.000-07:00

Sunday Afternoon

8x10 Oil on Canvas

2010-07-13T08:43:00.000-07:00

Serenity Bouquet SOLD
10x8 Oil on Canvas

2010-05-23T08:32:00.000-07:00

Yellow Trees By Creek
10x8 Oil on Canvas

2010-04-22T11:40:00.000-07:00

Redbuds
9x12 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2010-04-20T13:10:00.000-07:00

Red Barns
8x10 Oil on Canvas

2010-04-17T05:16:00.000-07:00

Chef #2

11x14 Oil on Canvas

2010-03-14T16:23:00.000-07:00

Chef #1
14x11 Oil on Canvas

2010-03-14T16:21:00.000-07:00

Pigeon
8x10 Oil on Canvas

2010-03-05T15:03:00.000-08:00

Cooling Off

11x14 Oil on Canvas

2010-02-22T15:54:00.000-08:00

Pepper
5x7 Oil 100% Rag Board

2010-02-22T15:52:00.000-08:00

Tomato Top
5X7 Oil 100% Rag Board

2010-02-22T15:50:00.000-08:00

Sitting Tall
20X16 Oil on Canvas

2010-02-04T12:38:00.000-08:00

Retired
8x10 Oil on Canvas
Alla Prima

2010-02-03T17:12:00.000-08:00

Rust In Peace
10x8 Oil on Canvas

2010-01-25T16:15:00.000-08:00

Peaceful Reflection
16x20 Oil on Canvas

2010-01-12T15:02:00.000-08:00

Incoming - Wood Duck
8x10 Oil on Canvas

2010-01-11T17:15:00.000-08:00

O'Canada
8x10 Oil on Canvas

2010-01-07T18:40:00.000-08:00

Hunt Is On

8x10 Oil on Canvas

2010-01-06T05:00:00.000-08:00

Whoooo
8x10 Oil on Canvas

2010-01-02T07:44:00.000-08:00

Blue Jay Melody
14x18 Oil on Board

2009-12-27T10:39:00.001-08:00

Goshawk vs. Wood Duck
8x10 Oil on Canvas

2009-12-05T17:34:00.000-08:00

Cows With A View

12x16 Oil on Canvas

2009-12-05T17:32:00.000-08:00

White Barn & Pines

8x10 Oil on Canvas

2009-12-05T17:30:00.000-08:00

Wine, Oranges & Bread

11x14 Oil on Canvas

2009-11-22T07:42:00.000-08:00

Bales & Bovines
12X16 Oil on Canvas

2009-11-22T07:41:00.001-08:00

Moot's Run Farm
11x14 Oil on Canvas

2009-11-22T07:38:00.000-08:00

October Corn II
9x12 Oil on Canvas

2009-11-04T18:18:00.000-08:00

Black 'n White
9x12 Oil on Canvas

2009-11-03T12:14:00.000-08:00

The Mooos Of Alexandria
9x12 Oil on Canvas

2009-11-01T15:05:00.000-08:00

Autum Jewels
11x14 Oil on Canvas

2009-11-01T04:40:00.000-08:00

Brown Cow
9x12 Oil on Canvas

2009-10-31T12:14:00.000-07:00

Moooove Over
9x12 Oil On Canvas

2009-10-09T12:59:00.000-07:00

October Corn
11x14 Oil on Canvas

2009-10-04T14:07:00.000-07:00

Lynd's Fruit Farm

First Place
Worthington Area Art League's Anthem Fall Exhibit 2009
Judge's Comment
Something about this humble and beautifully handled oil painting struck me. Even though the scene is from April it appears as though this particular landscape is in eternal autumn. The muted colors and the shift from graphic to soft details are calming, much like the season itself.

2009-10-04T08:51:00.000-07:00

SOLD
Glacier Mound View

9X12 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air

2009-09-27T07:33:00.000-07:00

Rolling Hills Of Alexandria

11x14 Oil On Canvas

Plein Air

2009-09-27T07:18:00.000-07:00

Scioto Calm
9x12 Oil On Canvas
Plein Air

2009-09-27T06:55:00.000-07:00

Nestled In Solitude
12x9 Oil On Canvas
Started In Plein Air

2009-09-20T05:53:00.000-07:00

Crunch Time
18x24 Oil on Board

2009-09-04T12:50:00.000-07:00

Park of Roses
12x9 Oil on Canvas

2009-09-04T12:48:00.000-07:00

Everal Sunday
11x14 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2009-09-04T12:46:00.000-07:00

Everal Homestead

14x11 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air

2009-08-11T14:00:00.000-07:00

One Red Apple

16 x 12 Oil on Canvas

2009-07-26T06:14:00.000-07:00

Jeffery Mansion Gardens

11X14 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2009-07-26T06:12:00.000-07:00

Hoover Below the Dam
11x14 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air - Alla Prima

2009-06-27T16:12:00.000-07:00

Connector Barns, Licking County
11x14 Oil on Board

Plein Air

2009-06-27T16:10:00.000-07:00

Slate Run Farm
11x14 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2009-06-23T14:49:00.000-07:00

Fetch

9x12 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2009-06-23T14:47:00.000-07:00

Orange Johnson House, circa 1819

11x14 Oil on Canvas

2009-06-09T17:18:00.000-07:00

Park Of Roses

12x9 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2009-06-09T17:17:00.000-07:00

Access To The Mustard Fields
12x9 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2009-06-09T17:16:00.000-07:00

Path ToThe Barn

11x14 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2009-06-09T17:14:00.000-07:00

Return To The Mustard Fields
11x14 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2009-06-06T13:37:00.000-07:00

St John's Worthington
12x9 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2009-05-31T12:33:00.000-07:00

A Day At The Park

9x12 Oil on Canvas

2009-05-24T05:19:00.000-07:00

Golden Legacy
9x12 Oil on Canvas

2009-05-23T15:53:00.000-07:00

Inniswoods

9x12 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air

2009-05-23T15:51:00.001-07:00

Wild Mustard Field
9X12 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2009-05-10T07:18:00.001-07:00

Blue Limestone Park

Delaware, Ohio
12x9 Oil on Canvas
Plein Air

2009-05-10T07:15:00.000-07:00

Infirmary Mound Park

Granville, Ohio

11x14 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air

2009-04-28T16:40:00.000-07:00

View From Tanner's
11x14 Oil on Canvas

Plein Air