Susan Cordes is a contemporary British artist whose work captures the spirit and shifting moods of the British landscape — its elemental forces, its distinctive light, and the quiet atmospheres that define its coasts, fens, and rivers. Her practice unfolds intuitively through a dialogue with materials and process, allowing marks, shapes, colour, and texture to guide the evolution of each piece. Through this approach, she seeks not to depict a place, but to evoke its presence — to express a sense of landscape as memory, emotion, and experience.

Education

2000: B.A (Hons) Fine Art (First Class) University of Hertfordshire.
1997: Foundation Course in Art and Design (Merit) Bedford collage of Art and Design.

Awards, Prizes and selections

Work included in the Apple iBook: 101 Abstract Artists.
Selected by an international panel of judges such as, James Bacchi of ArtHaus San Francisco and Scott Phillips of Rise Art London.
2011: Awarded First Prize: Bromham Mill Art Gallery annual water based media competition.
2002: Awarded First Prize: University of Hertfordshire, Alumni Exhibition.