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| 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}}
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==Life==
Susan Picking Harper was born in [[[Pasadena, California]], but grew up in [[Rancho Santa Fe, California]], [[San Diego County]]. 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
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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. S As an Art Professor at the [[American Jewish University]], she specializes in abstract painting, as well as teaches the style of the 20th century Masters Painters and Ecocentric Art. nd Ecocentric Art. She is currently a member of the [[Los Angeles Art Association]], as well as a Board of Director for the Westwood Branch Public Library.<ref name=SDartavita>{{cite web |title=S.P. Harper |url=https://sdvoyager.com/interview/art-lifewww.artavita.com/artists/16025-s-p-harper/|t%7C |websitle=Art and Life with S.P. Harper|date=23 July 2018|website=San Diego Voyageravita |publisher=Artavita |access-date=8 January 2018|}}</ref>. She is an Art Professor at the [[American Jewish University]]and Belmont Village Senior Living in Los Angeles19 December 2018 |quote=By reforming and re-employing, the work fits into the Ecocentric Art Movement to reduce, reuse and recycle.}}</ref> .

==Works==
Susan developedconcentration is 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/finding-your-repurpose-meet-ecocentric-artist-s-p-harper|title=Finding Your Repurpose: Meet Ecocentric Artist S.P. Harper|last=Wetherbe|first=Jamie|date= 2 July 2018|website=Dot Magazine|publisher=ArtCenter College of Design|access-date=9 January 2018|quote="Diverse media such as discarded tablecloth, wallpaper, curtain, graphic posters, upholstery fabric, painting, canvas, commercial art, building and metal scrap are painting surfaces."}}</ref> This cyclical use of diverse mixed media in her body of work connects her to the [[Ecocentric Art Movement]].<ref name=artavita>{{cite web |title=S.P. Harper |url=https://www.artavita.com/artists/16025-s-p-harper%7C |website=Artavita |publisher=Artavita |accessdate=19 December 2018 |quote=By reforming and re-employing, the work fits into the Ecocentric Art Movement to reduce, reuse and recycle.}}</ref> She paints the light as it passes through gemstones employing classical still life techniques, yet their characteristics give way to an abstract style of painting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artcenter.edu/connect/do(contracted; show full)ibited in contemporary art galleries throughout the West Coast including [http://www.torranceartmuseum.com/calendar/2018/17/3/odysseyii?rq=odyssey%20ii Torrance Art Museum], [[Bergamot Station]], [[Gallery 825]], and South Bay Contemporary Gallery.<ref>{{cite web |title=Espe Harper |url=https://www.saatchiart.com/www.spharper.com |website=Saatchi Art |publisher=Saatchi Art |accessdate=16 December 2018}}</ref> Her work is currently in the contemporary art collection of Mandy and Cliff Einstein.

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She is currently a member of the [[Los Angeles Art Association]], as well as a Board of Director for the Westwood Branch Public Library. 

==Notable exhibitions==
*''‘Wadjet’ Diamond;'' Acrylic on canvas salvage, 30 x 24 inches was exhibited at the Neutra Institute Museum Gallery for the ''Dulce Stein presents 100 Artists Exhibition'' on October 4, 2018.
*''‘Ra’ Ruby on Landscape;'' Oil and acrylic on canvas 16 x 16 inches was shown at the [http://www.torranceartmuseum.com/calendar/2018/17/3/odysseyii?rq=odyssey%20ii Torrance Art Museum].
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