Images that connect you to the earth. That's what you find in Susan von Borstel's oil paintings on stone. A nationally known artist of horses she enhances the stone's natural beauty as she creates her equine pieces. Her media are carefully selected pieces of Marble, Granite, Travertine and Onyx. She started painting and drawing at a young age and went on to receive a BA degree from the University of Colorado in Zoology and Art.
She has completed over 250 commissions of horses, dogs and their owners and has sold even more works on stone. She discovered the beauty of natural stone on a riding trip to Spain and has been painting on it almost exclusively for the past six years.
After being chosen to illustrate the horse breeds for the multimillion dollar Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, she went on to join the American Academy of Equine Art and won the People's Choice award in an AAEA annual art show. She is an associate member of the Oil Painters of America.
An award winning artist, Susan's work has appeared on numerous magazine covers, in articles and in many galleries and prestigious art shows. Susan works full time in her studio in Davis, CA.
