Sue Burke Harrington

Sue Burke Harrington has been a professional artists for over 30 years and also teaches adult classes.  She works and resides in The Woodlands, TX, near Houston.  As well as creating her own art, she also enjoys creating websites and designing marketing materials.

Born in Alma, Michigan, Sue was always drawing and painting as a child, classes at Alma College when she was 12 convinced her that her that art would be her journey. While achieving a B. A. in Studio Art at Michigan State University, her artwork grew from realistic to abstract. Although her area of emphasis was painting, she enjoyed the many media offered, including printmaking, pottery and photography. Sue continued her art education at Carnegie Mellon University, Penn State, Michigan State and Northern Virginia University.  Teaching was a way to share her passion for art, which she has done for many years in colleges such as North Harris County College, North Lake College in Dallas, as well as public schools, including Cy Fair High School, classes in her studio as well as at Archway Gallery in Houston. 

Burke Harrington has lived in many cities across the US and has enjoyed traveling around the world, studying the arts and culture of each land.  Her work reflects the journeys she has taken and her love of nature. She primarily works in acrylic paintings and mixed media on canvas. She also enjoys photo assemblage.

Sue Burke Harrington’s artwork has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums around the country and abroad, including the Jung Center, the Goethe Institute, the Museum of the American West, The Albuquerque Museum, Michelle D. Long Gallery in Dallas as well as The Center for Digital Arts in Los Angeles, CA, the Leelanau Cultural Center, Leelanau MI and The Big Show at the Lawndale Center for the Arts in Houston, TX. Her work can be seen on her website http://www.sburkeharrington.com, her studio in The Woodlands, and at Archway Gallery in Houston, TX.  http://www.archwaygallery.com