Collection: Susan Hackney

   Born and raised in Abilene Texas, Susan Hackney has been surrounded by ranch animals for most of her life, and her artworks often portray horses, dogs, and cattle.
   Her first art award was earned in fifth grade, and in college she majored in art with a focus on drawing, design, and painting. Hackney has studied under several of today's leading and notable artists.  She also participated in a 3 year apprenticeship under Hungarian-American master artist, Lajos Markos (1917-1993), who was trained at the Royal Academy of Budapest.  The apprenticeship has proven to be a formidable part of Susan's art development and career.

  Throughout her professional art career, Susan is known for her ability in capturing the subject's expression and gestures.  She has been featured in major national art magazine articles including;
 Western Art Collector -  "Art of the Horse" May 2024, &  "Women Artists of the West" Feb 2009. 
   Southwest Art  - "Small Works" Dec/Jan 2024,  "Women Artists" Oct/Nov 2023, and highlighting four "Texas Artists" Feb/March 2023.  

Recent awards and exhibits:
• 2025 Western Heritage Award (Juvenile Book category), National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK. for illustrating Glory Be! It's Punkin's Story, a story about Bob Wills's horse Punkin, written for his daughter Carolyn.
• 2025-2023 Museum of Western Art (MOWA) Kerrville TX, annual Round-Up invitational art shows & 2019-2017 Miniature Holiday Shows.
• 2024-2023 Hold Your Horses! Invitational exhibitions, Phippen Museum, Prescott AZ. 
• 2024 America's Horse In Art, American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum in Amarillo TX.
• 2025 & multiple years, Bosque Art Classic juried art show, Clifton TX
• 2022 Mountain Oyster Club, Tucson AZ - 54th annual juried show.
• 2021 Winner of the Lone Star Wine Label Competition - Double Gold,  label commissioned by TX Vintners Hideaway winery.
MEMBER
Oil Painters of America (OPA), Associate member
American Women Artists (AWA), Associate member (featured in AWA national ad campaigns)
American Academy of Equine Art (AAEA), former Board Member.