Susan Webster has lived on Deer Isle for over thirty years. She works with a wide range of materials and processes in her artistic practice to create drawings, prints, collages, cut canvases and large-scale installations.

In addition to her studio work, she developed and taught in a nationally recognized arts program within the Maine prison system and has been an advocate and board member for the Next Step, part of the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence. She often uses her art as a platform to advocate for reproductive justice.

Regarding her work, Carl Little has written "Webster’s awareness of the preciousness of time on earth heightens both her personal sense of existence and the art she creates. Even as she acknowledges a 'certain darkness, mystery, the unknown' she celebrates life."