Susan Poole VPSGFA

Fine Artist and Illustrator

Susan Poole is an award winning international artist and archaeologist. She has an MA in Fine Art and an MA (Dist.) and PhD in Art and Archaeology from University College London, with work published on art from the prehistoric Aegean. 

Susan has shown her paintings, drawings and etchings in many national and international exhibitions and galleries including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Mall Galleries, the Bankside Gallery, and the Westminster Gallery, London. She has won awards for her human portraits and her animal drawings and etchings. She now specialises in egg tempera.

Her work is held in collections both in the UK and abroad. She is currently Vice President of the Society of Graphic Fine Art, exhibiting regularly at the Mall Galleries, London. Born and raised in London she now lives and works in Devon.

Artist’s Statement

I have lately become interested in the concept of time, making comparisons between the ancient world and the modern, drawing on sculptures from the past combined with contemporary figures. I choose egg tempera for these paintings not only because of the soft tones and luminous quality that can be created but also because this medium is one of the most ancient. I use free-range egg yolks and raw pigments, and paint on panels coated with a gesso consisting of whiting and rabbit skin glue, which I make myself.

Susan Poole

Upcoming Exhibitions

  • Susan will be exhibiting egg tempera work with the Society of Graphic Fine Art at the Mall Galleries, London 11th – 16th March 2024.
  • She will be exhibiting etchings and linocuts at 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, London, between 8th – 14th July 2024.