Fine art consultant and visual artist Susie Cortez has over twenty years experience working in the field of art education. She worked alongside renowned master fine artist Larry Gluck in the expansion of the Mission: Renaissance Art studios, a chain of art schools for children and adults in Los Angeles. 

Mission: Renaissance went from 6 locations to 20 locations with Susie’s contribution. 

Susie relocated to Dallas in 2018 to pursue her full-time artist career.  She travels frequently between the west coast and east coast to events where she paints live or works to improve her skills.  In March 2018 she became the first Salvadorean artist to be invited to paint at the National Gallery in Washington DC.  

In her art, Susie works to evoke emotions on the viewers so they become a silent partner and enjoy the experience.  The different mediums she uses also contribute to the feelings she wants to convey.  

“I am always trying new palettes, combinations of mediums or different techniques. I imagine the painting and then figure out how to communicate that on canvas or paper or even wood.  Its a constant game I play.. Trying to create in the physical world what I have envisioned in my world of thought.  This is what makes being an artist so much fun and rewarding. Always creating and reinventing these images.” – Susie Cortez

Susie also works with various charities such as Big Brother/Big Sister of Los Angeles, The Widows Orphans and Disabled Fireman Fund and recently with United Way.

Susie Cortez is the recipient of the 2006 Larry Gluck Artist Freedom Award for her contributions in the field of fine art education. In 2007 she received the Big Sister of the Year Award from the Big Brother Big Sister of Greater Los Angeles for bringing fine art to inner city children.