Sue Rother Biography

Sue Rother Biography

Born in Oakland, California, Sue grew up south of San Francisco spending most of her time riding horses, competing in dressage and hunter and jumper competitions. Years of being around horses, gave her an invaluable knowledge of their movement, attitude and personalities.

Sue's other lifelong obsession was creating art. She attended U.C. Davis, where she studied under Wayne Thiebaud and others. Further education included Art Center College of Design and The Academy of Art College in San Francisco, where she has been teaching for 11 years. For 25 years Sue painted and drew as an illustrator for clients such as, Disney, Bank of America and Williams Sonoma, Gallo Wines and hundreds of various corporations and publishers nationwide. She has also exhibited at the American Museum of Illustration in New York.

Always a painter, the transition from illustrator to gallery artist was a natural progression in Sue's creative endeavors. Sue Rother is represented by Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.

Freelance Illustrator:

  • Estee Lauder
  • Gerber Corp.
  • Disney
  • Simon & Schuster
  • Reader's Digest
  • Hublien Corp.
  • Gallo
  • Fetzer Vineyards
  • Inglenook Vineyards
  • King's Supermarkets, NJ.
  • Williams Sonoma
  • Landor Assoc.
  • Marcel Shurman
  • Bank of America
  • Arrias Design
  • PBS
  • Scholastic
  • Johnsonville Inc.
  • Harcourt Brace

Representation:

  • Freda Scott Represents
  • Carol Guenzi Art Agents
  • Jerry Leff Assoc.

 

Education
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of California, Davis, 1968-72. Studied under: Wayne Thiebaud, Manuel Neri, and William Wiley
  • Art Center College of Design, 1973
  • Academy of Art College, 1976-79
  • 2019 "Along the Distant Mesa: An Homage to Maynard Dixon" Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  • 2017 "25th Anniversary Celebration" Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  • 2012 - "Landscapes of the West" Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
  • 2012 - 4th Annual Small Paintings Show and Sale, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
  • Museum of American Illustration, New York City
  • 2009-10 - 3rd Annual Small Works Winter Show and Sale, Medicine Man Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
  • 2009 - Historic Trading Posts of the West, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  • 2009 - Geronimo Remembered, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  • "Maynard Dixon's American West: Along the Distant Mesa" by Mark Sublette, 2019
  • "25th Anniversary Show Catalog" 2017, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery