Recent Events in Art & Life

Susan has been an avid runner since 2010. She has completed 283 races during that time. Running helps her focus and be ready to create her art. 283 completed…

Susan joined the Pacific Bonsai Museum board in 2025. Photography by her collaborator, Terry Rishel, is being used for promoting the museum. Flowering plums steal the show with delicate…

The International Encaustic Artists organization (IEA) supports the growth and advancement of wax artists at all stages of their careers and provides opportunities and resources within a global community.

Orca: Literary Journal started in 2019, concluding after 20 issues. Filled with stories, essays, poems, and Susan and Terry’s artwork. Absence and Anticipation Susan Russell Hall…

  “Who could be a designer?” That’s the question that was asked in 2004 when the Museum of Glass exhibited: Murano: Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection. The answer:…

The book, An Unlikely Collaboration: Susan Russell Hall & Terry Rishel evolved after an introduction from a mutual friend to the combining of each of their art styles: Susan’s…

The Encaustic Art Institute, and its quarterly Encaustics Art Magazine, is committed to becoming the premier encaustic art center in the nation. Their mission is to promote public…