Susan Baird's childhood interest in drawing and art developed into a love for painting. She especially enjoys painting from life. Contemplating the way light moves across a still life, landscape, or interior scene, she seeks to convey the beauty revealed in ordinary things.

Susan hopes to be a student of painting all of her life. She's had the opportunity to attend workshops with some of her favorite artists including Robert Johnson, David Leffel, and Leonard Wren. She has also studied with accomplished Alabama artist, John Lonergan.

Her drawings and paintings have been exhibited in the annual Alabama Symphony Show Home for the past six years. She shows her work at Artists Incorporated in Birmingham, Stonehenge Gallery in Montgomery, and MacMillan Wingate Antiques and Interiors in Brewton and is a member of the Alabama Plein Air Artists.