Project Description
About the Piece
I have painted at Waimea Plantation Cottages Resort on Kauai’s west side many times. The plantation dates back to 1880 when a Norwegian immigrant Hans Faye leased the land and sugar was planted. Waimea was remote and housing was needed for workers and families. Single-wall, board and batten cottages were built. All of them painted a dull gray or deep green color. In 1969 the sugar lands were sold but the village housing property was developed into a resort of fifty-nine refurbished and upgraded cottages. Each has a different personality. It’s like a box of chocolates for artists to paint!
About the Artist
Susie Y. Anderson has been described as a “Pacific Colorist” with her own distinctive impressionistic style. She is a devoted and prolific oil painter, and is especially passionate about painting outdoors from life as a plein air artist. For her, this approach to creating art not only vitalizes but renews her painting instincts by the many challenges it presents. An acclaimed landscape and marine artist, Susie finds broad inspiration for her work ranging from the dramatic sea and landscapes of her home in Hawaii to depicting the light and color of the vast farmlands and snow-covered mountains of her second home in Park City, Utah, and beyond.
Susie is a Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA). She is also a Founding Signature Member of the Plein Air Painters of Hawaii (PAPOH), a Member of Oil Painters of America (OPA) and the American Impressionists Society (AIS). The Pacific Rim Institute of Marine Artists (PRIMA) nominted Susie to represent Hawaii as a Fellow for PRIMA. Her paintings are found in numerous private and corporate collections worldwide.