Susie Anderson
Susie Anderson’s luminous oil paintings capture, in her own impressionistic style, the beauty and charm of the Hawaiian Islands. She is passionate about painting outdoors "en plein air" and is a Signature Member of the Plein Air Painters of Hawaii and is also a member of Oil Painters of America. Island landscapes and particularly seascapes, with their abundant color, changing moods, and high drama, provide a never-ending source of inspiration to this dedicated artist. Susie and her husband also own a second home in Deer Valley, Utah, and she has begun to explore and paint images of the West. Several of these new paintings are depicted on this website.
Susie’s artwork has been collected by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the City & County of Honolulu and numerous corporations and private collectors. She has won many honors for her work including four "Best-of-Show" awards. She was juried into the prestigious "Artists of Hawai'i" show at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. American Savings Bank selected 14 of her paintings for its 2001 wall calendar, and American Express Company showcased her talents as the featured artist at the 2002 ASTA World Travel Congress in Honolulu. Between 2002-2005 Susie has had eight solo shows.
Arriving in Honolulu from California in 1969 with degrees in medical illustration and graphic design, Susie helped build a media center at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine. It was during this period that she began oil painting. In 1984 she took a hiatus from her paintbrush to concentrate on developing her own successful litigation graphics firm, Visually Speaking Inc. Feeling the overpowering desire to bring fine arts back into her life, she picked up her paintbrush again in 1999 and hasn’t looked back. Typically, you might find Susie at inspiring island locations—especially at sunrise or sunset, armed with her paints and easel—interpreting Hawaii’s remarkable light on canvas. Whether in her studio or “en plein-air,” painting is Susie’s way of rediscovering and preserving the magic of the Hawaiian Islands.
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"Sheer Beauty"
"Canoe at Waialua Bay"
"Once Upon a Time"
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