Education
University of Vermont.
University of Vermont.
Only a year later, her work had been accepted for display by the prestigious Jay Johnson Folk Heritage Gallery in New York City. In 1980, Powers spent a year in England and France developing her craft, before returning to the United States. The folk art still lifes of Susan Powers have been compared with the trompe l"oeil works of the well-known 19th-century books, seashells, bottles, and teapots — and she The some folk artists cannot produce a photograph-like image. Her paintings are in many permanent collections, including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, District of Columbia and the American Museum in Bath, England.
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Powers attended the University of Vermont, where she studied classical languages and medieval history, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in European Studies.
