Covert has a BFA from Washington University School of Art. For thirty years she flourished as an illustrator and courtroom artist for the NBC affiliate in Rochester, NY.

Now living in Florida, Covert focuses on her first love: painting and drawing. Like the Dutch masters, her subjects are the domestic interiors and surrounding landscapes.

As for light, "the play of outside and inside light is what excites me"". She belongs to several Plein Air groups. She is also exhibits her work with the well established Women Contemporary Artists and Petticoat Painters.

She can be contacted at www.susancovert.com.