About the Artist
Susan Hediger Matteson - Signature Member - WAOW, NOAPS, Associate of Distinction - AWA
Susan pursued a Fine Arts major at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and received degrees in both fine art, (drawing and painting), and graphic design. She spent more than 15 years in design and illustration, but her true dream was to produce her own work. In 2010 Susan left the design field to dedicate herself solely to fine art painting.
Growing up riding horses, hunting and fishing with her father, working in her parents orchard are the experiences she draws upon when she paints. To paint often “en plein air” and also the figure from life are what helps to enliven and inform her artwork. To capture a scene or people just being themselves is the inspiration that drives her work.
She is presently represented by:
Kilgore American Indian Art, Mancos, CO 970.533.9138
Juried Shows and Awards
2025 Plein Air Artists of Colorado - National Show, Summer 2025
2025 Oil Painters of America - Online Showcase, Spring 2025
2025 Women Artists of the West - National Exhibition - Customs House, Clarksville, TN
2024 Women Artists of the West, National Exhibition Dreamweavers - Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
Second Place - Plein Air Wet Wall - Red Rock Crossing
2024 Sedona Arts Center 43rd Juried Exhibition - Sedona Arts Center
2023 PleinAir Salon - December 2023 - Honorable Mention Nocturne for Moonset
2023 Plein Air Artists of Colorado - 26th Annual National Exhibition, The Blumenschein Museum, Taos, NM
2023 American Impressionist Society. - All Member Online Show - July 20 thru Nov. 3, 2023
2023 Women Artists of the West - No Place Like Home. July 22- Seot. 15, 2023. Carriage Factory Gallery, Newton, KS
2023 Randy Higbee 6" Squared, December 3 thru December 31, 2022, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2022 Plein Air Artists of Colorado - National Exhibition, Nov. 10 - Dec. 31, 2022, Mary Williams Fine Arts, Boulder, CO
2022 Plein Air Salon Art Competition - July - Landscape Honorable Mention
2022 California Art Club - Winter Solace
2021 Sedona Plein Air Festival
2021 Oil Painters of America - Western Regional - Marks Arts, Witchita, Kansas
2021 Terra - Two Person Show - Sherri Farabaugh and Susan Hediger Matteson, Mary Williams Fine Arts, Boulder, CO.
2021 NOAPS - Awarded Signature Status for artistic achievement and consistent excellence.
2021 NOAPS - Best of America Exhibition - Dana Gallery, Missoula, Montana
2021 NOAPS Associate Online Exhibition
2021 WAOW 51st National Exhibition - America the Beautiful - Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, Texas
2020 Sedona Plein Air Festival
Honorable Mention
2020 Plein Air Artists of Colorado, National Juried Fine Art Exhibition - Oct. 2-30 WilderNightingale Gallery Taos.
2020 American Women Artists - Spring Online Show
2020 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society - Best of America - Small Works - Annapolis, MD
2020 Women Artists of the West - 50th Anniversary Show - Settler's West, Tucson, AZ March, 27.
2019 Plein Air Salon - First Place Overall - Oct/Nov.
2019 Women Artists of the West, Mountain Aire - 49th National Exhibition, Boulder, CO
Award of Excellence 2019
2019 Governor's Art Show - Loveland Colorado
2019 Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational
2019 California Art Club - Gold Medal Exhibition
2018 through 2011 Plein Air Artists of Colorado, National Juried Fine Art Exhibition
Award of Merit 2011, 2015 and 2016
2018 Women Artists of the West, 48th National Exhibition
2018 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Best of America, National Exhibition
2018 Oil Painters of America, Western Regional Exhibition
Award of Excellence
2018 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Best of America, Small Works
2017 Women Artists of the West, 47th National Exhibition
Castillo Award of Excellence
2017 through 2011 Randy Higbee - 6 Inch Squared Juried Show
2016 American Women Artist - Spring Online Juried Show for Associate Members
2016 California Art Club - Gold Medal Show
2015 Plein Air Salon
Best Nocturne - October/November
2015 Oil Painters of America Salon Show
2014 Oil Painters of America - Western Regional Show
2014 through 2012 Best and Brightest - Scottsdale Artists - School Juried Show
2012 Lone Tree Juried Art Show
Award of Merit
2012 Plein Air Moab
Honorable Mention
2011 Wildlife Fine Art Show - The Goodnight Trail Gallery, Mancos, CO
2011 American Impressionist Society - Annual Juried Show
2010 through 2009 The Richeson 75 International Juried Competition
Award of Merit ‘09 &’10
2010 Mesa Verde Paint Out - The Goodnight Trail Gallery, Mancos, CO
