Randy S. Susick grew up in Van Voorhis, a rural coal-mining town of a few hundred people in the mountains of Southwestern Pennsylvania, outside of Pittsburgh. Despite minimal opportunities for art where he grew up, Randy's talent was recognized in a high school art class; with the support of his Mom and sisters, Randy decided to pursue his calling. Looking back at his roots, Randy has found that many in his family have expressed themselves creatively through art, such as drawing, and in other ways related to their everyday life and their surroundings.

Susick comes from a commercial art background at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, with training in airbrush, pastels and painting, and a demonstrated excellence in design, creative development, art direction and printing. After graduation, Randy moved to Chicago where his creative processes have undergone profound changes. Nevertheless, his early love of the outdoors continues to influence his creative drive. A master of digital artistry, he has worked in Adobe Photoshop since 1991.His command of the program is demonstrated in his creations, which showcase his creative, photographic and design talents. He has worked as a photographic retoucher and airbrush artist in pre computer days and as a graphic designer when the computer was just coming into the commercial work flow, way back in the early 90's. Randy now fine-tunes his skills daily as a consultant to the digital photography studio at Kraft Foods, a position he holds through Southern Graphics, a top tier prepress company. Consequently he can constantly improve his knowledge of color interaction, as well as continue his study of light, shadow and how it affects and makes forms of the objects we see daily.

Susick's technique was christened "Virtual Mixed Media" by his friend Kent, who on first impression declared, "Artists throughout the ages have been chasing texture like this."Randy's work has been shown in Chicago, New York, and Key West.Original unique painted pieces vary in size from 11" x 14" to 8' x 4'. Signed reprints without paint are also available.