Suze Woolf (Artist-in-Residence, 2024)

"Lehman Cave 1" by Suze Woolf, Winter 2024 Artist-in-Residence.

Suze Woolf

Suze is a lifelong hiker, backcountry skier, mountaineer, and professional artist from Washington state. Suze has exhibited in hundreds of locations throughout the West and has won dozens of awards for her artwork that focuses on the environment.

“I have watched glaciers shrink and burned forests increase all over the West. At first, I painted beautiful landscapes but was soon compelled to portray their ecological disturbances. Portraits of individual trees became my metaphor for human impact. Despite my anxiety, I also see unusual beauty. Fire-carved snags are all the same – carbonized, eaten away; yet different – fire physics and plant structure create sculpture. Painting them is a meditation on the climate crisis.”

Find more of Suze's work on her website by clicking here.

Suze served as the winter artist in February of 2024. During her time, she created many watercolors, and a series known as "Nevada Still Lifes." Explore some of her creations below from her time in the park.