Sue Smith Fine Art
Paintings from the Oregon Outback |
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Sue Smith grew up in Southern California, moving to Oregon in
1972. Although always considering herself to be creative, it
wasn't until a painting trip to Italy in 2001 that she began to
seriously focus on her artwork.
Returning to school at age 51, Sue
obtained her degree and graduated with the Distinguished Student
- Department of Art Award from OSU-Cascades. Since then her work
has been exhibited and sold to a growing group of patrons drawn to her
use of color and ability to capture the sense of light in the High
Desert.
Always drawn to the solitude in the landscape, Sue sees her painted
invitation to explore the unknown spaces as a continuation of the curiosity
inherited from her famous ancestor, "Johnny Appleseed." It is
this sense of renewal and energy, found in the wilderness spaces, that
become her subject matter
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