Sue is so enthusiastic about her 80 art students that I sometimes forget how accomplished and successful an artist she is in her own right. Of course, she has to be gifted, or she could never inspire the work she instigates. Sue always brags about her students at Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady, New York, but is shy about her own work.

Sue is about helping young people move ahead in the world; she doesn’t ever worry about herself.

Once in a while, she gets an inch and sends me a painting, which is always beautiful.

Sue took a photo in Wildwood, a beach town on the Jersey Shore, some years ago. She was visiting her aunt, who lived in Cape May, N.J., and spent much time on the Jersey shore. While on school break last week, she painted “Wildwood,” another beautiful piece of work.

It is hard to know Sue without loving and admiring her. She is creative every minute of her life. Her students are among the world’s lucky people. Thanks, Sue, for sending me this.