Susan Friedmann, a Cincinnati self taught artist, who started a part time career in fine arts just recently,after being away from the art world for many years. Graduating with an Associates degree in commercial art, from The Academy of Communicative Art in 1980,and realizing her true desire was to illustrate and create paintings in different mediums, preferring oils and acrylics. She has painted house renderings, murals, posters, pet portraits, cityscapes,and has published illustrations in college textbooks on environmental science. Constantly striving to learn new techniques, and to better her technique,she has taken workshops from well known accomplished artists in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area. A member of the Cincinnati Art Club, the Women's Art Club,and the Midwest Art Center.