About the Artist

    Susan Boarman uses black and white in many of her pencil drawings to create a sense of the past. In other drawings she prefers rich natural colors to capture the beauty of today’s Southern Maryland landscape or the sun reflecting through clouds over the Potomac River.

    Susan’s self taught style draws attention to itself. A casual glance often becomes a nose-to-glass scrutiny, as the viewer is drawn in by the intricate details. Trees are drawn leaf by leaf, barns doors show nails and rust stains. Birds have individual feathers. One picture has turkey tracks in the dust and a horseshoe is nailed by the door. In another, a deer hides among the vines growing over an old home place.

    All of Susan’s drawings are of real places in Southern Maryland. Most are visible along the back roads. Anyone who’s been to the Popes Creek Crab Houses will recognize the view in “Potomac River Bridge and Boats.” 

    Susan Boarman is a lifelong resident of Charles County. She and her husband Bobby have three children and are enjoying their first grandchild.