Susan Crapo was born November 9, 1955 in Boston, MA, but grew up in Miami, Florida, a place that remained deeply important to her. She began to draw in high school, taking instruction from Roberto Martinez. She often said that drawing saved her life. She continued to study art at The Museum School in Boston, Swain School of Design in New Bedford, MA, and The Leo Marchutz School of Drawing and Painting in Aix-en-Provence, France. Throughout her life, she worked seriously and enthusiastically in charcoal, graphite, oil pastel, watercolor and oils. Susan was drawing right up until her final days, sketching the flowers on her bedside table and the friends who came to see her. She died November 5, 2008 of breast cancer.