Sue Ann Rainey

Sue Ann Rainey is a lifelong artist from Carversville in Bucks County, Pa. She studied graphic design and photography at Tyler School of Art. She searches Bucks County and beyond finding historic buildings, farms, and landscapes and captures them in photography and watercolor. She will continue documenting the local Delaware Valley area because of its ever-changing environs. She has exhibited in many solo, group and juried exhibits, including The Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition, The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, Artsbridge, Doylestown Art League, New Hope Art League, New Hope Arts, and Tinicum Arts Festival. She captured 1st Place in Photography at the 2017 Tinicum Arts Festival and numerous honors elsewhere.

Education and Training
Education and Training Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Photography, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Associates of Arts in Fine Arts, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania Painting lessons from Katherine Steele Renninger. Photography classes from Catherine Jansen and Will Larson. Art classes from Chuck Schmidt, Selma Bortner, Alan Goldstein, Taylor Oughten, Robert Dodge, and more.

Connection to Bucks County
Rainey grew up near Carversville, in Solebury, Bucks County, down the road from Raymond and Lillias Barger, Charles Hargens, and Ranulph Bye. She currently lives in Tinicum on a farm with horses, cats and gardens of flowers, fruit trees and vegetables.

Affiliations
Artsbridge Board, Exhibits & Newsletter chair, Stockton, NJ
Bucks County Audubon Society exhibits and volunteer
James A. Michener Art Museum volunteer, Doylestown, PA
The Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition, New Hope, PA
The Upstairs Gallery Online Co-op, Lahaska, PA
New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
Occupational Advisory Council of Middle Bucks Institute of Technology, Jamison, PA
Artists of Yardley
The Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition, Co-chair, New Hope, PA
Doylestown Photography Club, Steering Committee Vice Pres., Exhibits Chair
Doylestown Art League, Doylestown, PA
Garden State Watercolor Society, NJ
Pennsylvania Center for Photography, Doylestown, PA

Major Exhibitions

• 2023: “Double Take” solo exhibition at Stover Mill Art Gallery, 2nd Floor Art Gallery group exhibit
• 1995, 1996, 2001, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023: Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition
• 2022: Artsbridge Annual Exhibit, Tinicum Arts Festival, Arts & Cultural Council of BC, Makers Alley, Doylestown Art League Exhibits, YWCA Princeton’s Beyond Pink, New Hope Arts Exhibition, Phoenix Arts 40-Art, Bucks County Audubon Society, Exhibit B Gallery, CB Chamber of Commerce
• 2021: Ellarslie Juried Exhibition, New Hope Arts Exhibition, Artsbridge Annual Exhibition, AOY Exhibition, Doylestown Art League Exhibits, Art Parlour, Garden State Watercolor Society, PA Center for Photography, Arts & Cultural Council of BC, Up Arts Incubator
• 2020: New Hope Arts Sculpture, New Hope Arts Exhibition, Artsbridge Annual Exhibition, PA Center for Photography
• 2019: The Upstairs Gallery, The 2nd Floor Art Gallery, Ellarslie Open 36 Exhibition, Doylestown Art League Exhibits, The Zen Den Gallery, Carversville Store Gallery, Carversville Day exhibitor, Tinicum Arts Festival, Solo Exhibition at Sotheby’s Realty Lambertville
• 2018: The Upstairs Gallery, Artsbridge Exhibits, Doylestown Art League Exhibits, Doylestown Arts Festival, Tinicum Arts Festival, Bucks County Audubon Society Art of the Barn
• 2017: Bucks County Audubon Society Solo Exhibit, Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition, Tinicum Arts Festival 1st place photography, Artsbridge Exhibits, Ellarslie Juried Exhibit, Churchville Photo Exhibit, Doylestown Arts Festival, Doylestown Art League Exhibits, River Towns Photo Exhibit, Bucks County Audubon Society Art of the Barn
• 2016: Artsbridge Exhibits, Churchville Photo Club Exhibit, Carversville Day exhibitor, Doylestown Arts Festival, Doylestown Art League Exhibits, Tinicum Arts Festival, Stover Mill Gallery Juried Exhibit
• 2015: Carversville Day exhibitor, Doylestown Arts Festival, Tinicum Arts Festival, Phoenix Art Exhibit
• 2014: Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition, New Hope Art League Juried Show, Bucks County Audubon Society Exhibit, Doylestown Arts Festival, Paxson Hill Farm Art in the Garden, Stover Mill Gallery Juried Exhibit, Carversville Day exhibitor
• 2013: The Frame Factory Gallery, Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition, Doylestown Arts Festival
  
• 2012: Churchville Photo Club Exhibit, Carversville Day exhibitor, Paxson Hill Farm Art exhibitor, Doylestown Arts Festival, The Zen Den Gallery, The Frame Factory Gallery, Pine Run Autumn Festival, First Savings Bank
• 2011: Doylestown Arts Festival, Churchville Photo Club Exhibit, Saxby’s Coffee Shop exhibit, Dublin Arts Festival, The Frame Factory Gallery
• 2009, 10: Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition
• 2008: Art in the Park Group Exhibit
• 2007: Doylestown Art League Annual Juried Show
• 2005: Medical Healing Arts Center Solo Exhibit, Soul of the River Photo Show
• 2004: Classic Cigar Parlor’s gallery, Duo show
• 2003: Triumph Brewing Company Solo exhibit, Mixed Media Gallery, The Upstairs Gallery
• 2002: The Upstairs Gallery, Artsbridge Gallery
• 1987: Bucks County Juried Photography Show