User:Susan Abma

Susan Abma (artist)

Susan Abma (born 1959) is a Canadian artist who works in the medium of oil paint. She prefers to work from life when possible, so she most commonly does studio still lifes in winter and plein air landscapes in summer. She specializes in portrait art and has done portraits of MLA George Rogers, Global TVs Lorraine Mansbridge, and executives of Stantech when the company went on the New York Stock Exchange.

Ms Abma, of Leduc, Alberta, is currently one of three artists painting portraits of all of the fallen Canadian soldiers from the Afghanistan War for a national exhibition that will tour Canada in 2014. The portraits, created from private family photos, will be accompanied by several 6' x 8' paintings that commemorate the wounded, families of soldiers, and serving soldiers and veterans. In addition, the exhibition will feature other family photos, Afghanistan photos, and stories about each of the fallen soldiers.

Abma also owns and publishes Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, an online national magazine for and about Canadian artists and serves on the board of the Oil Painters of America.

www.susanabma.com www.projectheroes.ca www.brushstrokemagazine.com

News coverage of Project Heroes:

http://www.100huntley.com/video.php?id=SCtkizTGj0w

http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2012/11/07/art-project-immortalizes-canadian-war-heroes