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{{Infobox artist
| name          = S.P. Harper
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| caption       = S.P. Harper in her painting studio
| birth_name     = Susan Gail Picking
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1955|03|21}}
| birth_place      = [[Southern California]]
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| nationality   = American
| residence      = Los Angeles, Calif.
| education    = BFA, Roski School of Fine Art, [[University of Southern California]], [[ArtCenter College of Design]], [[American University in Paris]], France
| alma_mater =  [[University of Southern California]]
| notable_works = 
| style = Still Life Painting, Abstract painting and bricollage
| movement = Ecocentric Art Movement
| spouse       = 
| awards   = 
| elected   =
| patrons  = In the collection of Mandy and Cliff Einstein
}}

'''Susan Picking Harper''' (born '''Susan Gail Picking'''; March 21, 1955) is an [[United States|American]] artist based in [[Los Angeles, California]] whose work consists of abstract paintings that are part of the Ecocentric Art Movement. She is a teaching artist at American Jewish University in Los Angeles.

==Life==
Susan Picking Harper was born in [[[Pasadena, California]], but grew up in [[Rancho Santa Fe, California]], [[San Diego County, California]]. Her grandfather, Archibald Picking was a highly skilled gem-quality diamond-cutter called a [[Diamantaire]] who was responsible for [[Diamond cut|cutting]], polishing and transforming a rough diamond into a finished gemstone ready for setting. This had an influential effect upon Susan's artwork. <ref name=SD>{{cite web|url=http://sdvoyager.com/interview/art-life-s-p-harper/|title=Art and Life with S.P. Harper|date=23 July 2018|website=San Diego Voyager|access-date=8 January 2018|}}</ref>

Susan studied art under the mentorship of Lyrical Abstractionist [[Paul Jenkins (painter)]] at the [[American University of Paris]], France. She received a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the Roski School of Fine Art at [[University of Southern California]] in 1977. She is also an alumni of [[ArtCenter College of Design]], Class of '79 in Advertising and Illustration. She lived in New York producing work for 12 years before moving to Los Angeles to teach and exhibit her artworks. She specializes in abstract painting, as well as teaches the style of the 20th century Masters Painters and Ecocentric Art. <ref name=SD>{{cite web|url=http://sdvoyager.com/interview/art-life-s-p-harper/|title=Art and Life with S.P. Harper|date=23 July 2018|website=San Diego Voyager|access-date=8 January 2018|}}</ref>. She is an Art Professor at the [[American Jewish University]]and Belmont Village Senior Living in Los Angeles.

==Works==
Susan developed an expansive study of gemstones and their physical properties: shape, facets, brilliance, luster, refraction, and color. By method of bricolage and assemblage, she explores reclaimed materials and found objects to construct a Combine Painting out of "discarded tablecloth, wallpaper, curtain, graphic posters, upholstery fabric, painting, canvas, commercial art, building and metal scrap".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artcenter.edu/connect/dot-magazine/articles/find(contracted; show full)*[https://www.wmagazine.com/story/mandy-and-cliff-einstein-art-collection-home-los-angeles| Mandy and Cliff Einstein at Home: Inside the Museum-Worthy Art Collection of the L.A. Power Couple]
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