Susan Penfold first started her practice in 2016 as she loved the tactile nature of pastels and the vibrancy of the colours. Her muses are varied and have included painting urban and rural landscapes, vehicles, portraiture and animals.

She held her first exhibition at Darwin Visual Arts in 2020, and in that same year was highly
commended in the Katherine Art Prize and won the Seabreeze Festival’s, Jetty Art Prize. She
subsequently held a solo exhibition at Songlines Gallery in Darwin in 2021, another at Dom's Bar 

She recently won a Merit Award at the Royal South Australian Society of the Arts (RSASA) Spring Exhibition 2023, and the Non-Professional Award at the 2023 at Plein Air Down Under in Mandorah, Western Australia. As part of her award she will exhibit 2 works at the 2024 Plein Air Down Under Spirit of the Landscape invitation exhibition and her works will be projected onto the Yagan Tower.

She exhibits regularly at Crafers Atelier and at the Institute Building with Royal South Australian Society for the Arts.

She currently resides in Adelaide.