Susan Drucker

"Animal Family", an illustrated book project chronicling my family and their animal companions over four generations, 2015 - present. 

Featured artist, Merrymeeting Arts Center 10th Anniversary Gala, Summer 2018.

Featured artist, Maine Arts Journal. Spring 2018 issue.

Merrymeeting Arts Center, Group shows, 2007 - 2019.

Illustrations for "Kunu’s Basket", published by Tilbury House Publishers, 2012. Chosen for Reading is Fundamental’s Multicultural Collection of Children’s Literature 2012-2013, and as a Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choice of 2013.

Featured artist, "The Cafe Review", a Maine quarterly journal of art and poetry. Fall 2013.

Lewis Gallery. Portland, Maine. Curated and exhibited in "Animal Dreams". July 2013.

Aucocisco Gallery. Portland, Maine. Represented 2011 – 2012.

June Fitzpatrick Gallery. Portland, Maine. Represented 2005 – 2009.

The Maine Times, Brunswick Maine. Staff illustrator 1993 – 1998. 

 SELECTED FINE ART REVIEWS:

“Susan Drucker’s drawings are stunning. …delicate, expert shading not only marks the frailty of her subjects, but lends a constant presence of warm, diffuse light. ...spatial relationships suggest a new, uncoded symbology, like an animal language.” Nicholas Schroeder, The Portland Phoenix, March 25, 2011.

“Susan Drucker is a skilled and delicate draftswoman. Her drawings…are beautiful, evocative, and ethereal.” Craig Stockwell, Art New England, 2005.

“…take your breath away drawing….” Mark Schlotterbeck, Sun Journal, 2000.

“Susan Drucker’s pencil drawing is exquisite….” Phillip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram, 1992.




"KUNU'S BASKET"  REVIEWS:

"Drucker offers naturalistic images of Kunu and his family bathed in soft, golden light. Details of Kunu's family's suburban home (Kunu's basket gets filled with toys, and he wears a pair of purple Crocs) are gracefully juxtaposed with images of baskets from eras past holding fish, berries, potatoes, ferns, and more, suggesting that longstanding cultural traditions can be readily integrated into a contemporary lifestyle."

-- Publisher’s Weekly

“The softly colored and soft-edged pictures display many things about Kunu's home and family: maps of Maine on the wall, a couple of cats, his mother, father, and younger brother, his grandfather's wall of tools. In each corner of many of the double-page spreads are smaller insert images of types of woven baskets. On the left-hand page, there's a basket in a stand of fiddlehead ferns, on a clam flat or in a strawberry patch; on the facing page, the basket is full to the brim, often with a local creature like a sandpiper or a fox gazing appreciatively at the bounty. ...an attractive intergenerational story…”

-- Kirkus Reviews

"…beautifully illustrated…with discerning attention to details.”

-- Midwest Book Review

“…a beautifully written and illustrated picture book….”

-- Debbie Reese, American Indians in Children's Literature

“ This story is charmingly and realistically illustrated…. The depiction of animals interacting with the traditional baskets throughout Kunu’s learning process adds lightness and humor to the story.”
-- The Manitoba Library Association

“…illustrated with accuracy, clarity, and intelligence.”

-- Joseph Brubac, award-winning Abenaki author.