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My guest this week on the savvy painter podcast is Susan Lyon.

Susan is a representational figurative artist living in North Carolina with her husband Scott Verdick.

Her paintings are the result of decades of work and the results show in her incredible

draftsmanship, sensitivity to edges, and a personal connection to her models.

In this episode, Susan and I talk about painting Americana,

the evolution of our tastes as artists,

how we carry artists and early influences with us, and it becomes part of our own culture.

We also talk about her admiration for a new generation of artists who seems so fearless in putting themselves out there and how meditation has helped

Susan's painting practice.

So much of what we do as artists requires mental strength and clarity. The ability to stay present with our

paintings shut off all the noise so that we can truly see and hear our own voice.

It's so easy to get lost in all the things that we should be doing and all the concerns we have about this thing that we do called arts like well the galleries like it.

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