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 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.

“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.” The artists who most inspire me in the medium of egg tempera are Robert Vickrey, David Tindle RA and, from the 15th century, Andrea Mantegna, particularly his The Triumphs of Caesar series.