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Susan Simmons is a full time artist and has just gotten her feet wet in the poetry areas, with the intention of implementing gratitude through fifty years of artwork with her uplifting, inspiration words. ""The road here on the earth is a short and bumpy path. It brought me solace to create this book. This isn't a ""candy-coated"" view of my life, but a real visual glimpse of emotions of my life although the details are not specified."" Artwork takes center stage in Picturing Gratitude The artist says, ""As we fly around the sun year after year on this great blue and green ball we call ""home:, we experience all the surprises of being on the planet - good times, bad times, easy and difficult ones. Yet, if we truly live in present gratitude, we can recognize and appreciate the blessings and gifts that bring us little joys from one moment to the next. As I assembled the artwork for this book, I realized I had gone through many transformations during my life so far, and yet, I am still me! I am grateful to be me and have this amazing human experience! The incredible attributes that grace this planet continue to astound me with joy every day. I've had good times and bad times. I've had wins and losses. The way I keep myself moving forward is to be grateful for what I have now versus what I have lost. I continue to paint and live life for what it is - life!""

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Susan Simmons is a diverse and imaginative artist based in Jamestown, New York, who captivates with her command of oil, acrylic, and watercolor. From stunning landscapes and evocative figurative works to thought-provoking abstracts, her art is a journey through her unique perspectives, drawing inspiration from life, photos, and her own boundless imagination. A fine art graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Susan's passion for her craft has been honed through studies at Miami-Dade Community College and Everett Community College. Her talent has earned her recognition, including a notable award at Jamestown's Roger Tory Peterson's 2022 Inaugural Plein Air festival. Her work has been featured in solo and group shows, including a 2023 solo exhibition at the Octagon Gallery and a show at the Lakewood Memorial Library. You can find her work at www.susansimmonsfineart.com Karen Simmons had seven children and raised six of them. Two are neurodistinct and one happens to be autistic, which brought her to found Autism Today, the first online information and resource center for autism in 1998 being the Internet Entrepreneur of the Year through Multiple Streams of Income in 2003, a Program through Robert Allen and Mark Hansen, a Chicken Soup founder.

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