Suzan Kessel

Suzan is past president & co-founder of the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, is currently Ex-Officio. Served on Fairfield Beautification Commission, FPAC TV Station Manager, State Coordinator of Iowa Artists, Country Club President, 1997 Fairfield Citizen of Year.

Art recognition include: “Best of Show’ awards at Iowa Artists, San Francisco – Golden Gate Exhibit, Midwest Art Fairs, and Governor Art Award. Gallery representation have included Lake Tahoe, Des Moines Art Center, Davenport Museum, Ft. Dodge Art Center. Numerous one woman shows, Iowa Art Council commissioned art. In collections of University of Iowa Hospital, Indian Hills Community College, Ft. Dodge Art Center, Iowa Farm Bureau, numerous private & corporate collections.

Married to Patrick Kessel; mother of Stacey Berg (Brian), Alex Kessel (Christie), Makenzie Kessel. 7 grandchildren & 2 great grands. Hobbies include golf, gardening, antiques, bowling, travel, spending time with friends & family.

“My art reflects my life, where I live, travel and what I love to do,” Kessel said. “It also reflects thoughts of my early active art period with exhibits and recognition, then a self-inflicted break for numerous years (25-plus) on volunteer projects, and now again in pursuit of creating art. The desire in an artist never goes away, but percolates inside. This exhibit has a few pieces representing my past medias, from batik, collage, mixed media, and watercolor resist, to more recent ‘easy to do on vacation’ oil pastel and colored pencil, and most recently painted acrylic canvases.”