Sue Lewington is famous for her watercolour sketches of the Isles of Scilly, the coastal towns and countryside of south-west England and some of the most notable sites like Heligan and Eden. Her paintings show much more than just a scene. They show the way of life and indeed, the pace of life in these south western parts.

Sue Lewington trained at Harrow School of Art in the mid-sixties and worked in London as a freelance illustrator until moving to Cornwall in 1975. After bringing up two daughters and running a smallholding near Penzance, she began to produce and sell etchings while working for the Adult Education Service teaching Printmaking and Drawing, and working in local schools under the South West Arts “Artists in Schools” scheme. Indeed, some of the founder members of the Penwith Printmakers group were first introduced to printmaking by Sue at the historic Penzance School of Art.

Moving to St. Martins, an “off-island” in the Isles of Scilly, in 1989 came as a complete change of direction and there, she worked from her North Farm Gallery. Now “ashore” again in the Newlyn area, she now spends a great deal of her time working on her sketch book projects and running teaching courses.