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www.suzannesteelart.com Suzanne grew up surrounded by professional artists, learning early to follow her passion without hesitation. Her formal studies in Pictorial Arts and Modern Dance at UCLA and UC Berkeley launched a creative practice as broad and deep as her curiosity. In the early 1970s, she opened "Dancing Water Pottery" in Vermont, hand-building everything in her studio — kick wheel, gas-fired kiln, and all. She thrived on the elemental alchemy of clay transformed by fire, until the realities of hauling fragile work across New England pointed her toward a new direction. She pivoted to teaching Creative Dance Improvisation and Postural Alignment, weaving together her love of movement with a deepening interest in kinesiology and biomechanics. That work grew into "Movement Improvement", a practice spanning more than two decades in which she helped students and clients find greater ease and freedom in their bodies. In the mid-1980s, Suzanne returned to the visual arts, studying Fine Art Photography and Graphic Design before founding "Hot Steel Design". Her work in alternative photographic processes — cyanotype and Van Dyke printing — earned national and international recognition through awards, exhibitions, and features in major photography publications. After retiring, a long-dormant fascination with watercolor finally found its moment. Today, living one block from the stunning coastal waters of Birch Bay, Washington, Suzanne paints with the same spirit of discovery that has shaped every chapter of her life — seeking the inner life of landscape, surrendering to the medium, always on the edge of something essential.