Suzy King

Suzy King is an urban and coastal landscape painter interested in details, afternoon light, and looking up.

Using photographs taken in different light conditions, she draws on her design background to compose and manipulate the images. These become the reference and inspiration from which she creates representational oil paintings but with a contemporary edge. Her work is not about history or preservation – her paintings are contemporary scenes recently observed and highlighting overlooked details of the present landscape. A student of the renowned landscape artist Clem Millward, his knowledge and guidance still inspires her.

A Fellow of Marine Artists Australia, Suzy has been painting full time since 2009 and regularly participates in group exhibitions on the east coast of Australia.

Much of her work is currently by commission and is held by corporate and private collectors in Australia, Canada, USA, the UK and Europe.

Suzy lives and works in Sydney with her partner and an unsociable cat.

Find out more about Suzy on her website and instagram.

Awards & Achievements

• 2024 Winner Maritime: ASMA National Exhibition

• 2024 Finalist: Gosford Art Prize

• 2023 Finalist: Waverley Woollahra 9×5 Landscape Prize

• 2023 Curator’s Choice: ASMA National Exhibition

• 2022 Highly Commended: Paddington Art Prize

• 2021 Highly Commended: ASMA Silver Anniversary Exhibition (juried selection)

• 2021 Finalist: Waverley Woollahra 9×5 Landscape Prize

• 2021 Finalist: First International Marine Art Exhibition

• 2020 Highly Commended: MTSV Maritime Art Award

• 2019 Finalist: MTSV Maritime Art Award

• 2018 Finalist: MTSV Maritime Art Award

• 2013 Finalist: Lethbridge 10000 Small-Scale Art Award

• 2012 Finalist: MTSV Maritime Art Award

• 2011 Finalist: Prometheus Visual Arts Award

• 2010 Finalist: Publishers Cup International Cricket Art Award