Susan Wilders  had the privilege of studying Chinese Brush Painting and Japanese Sumi-e from two of our country's foremost masters, Mr. Chow Chian-Chiu and Mrs. Chow Leung Chen-Ying. 

Susan taught for 17 years at The Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Florida and the Morikami  Japanese Museum in Delray Beach, Florida. She taught in various school programs throughout Palm Beach county as well as for Art4all Florida,  the Florida art program for special needs adults and children. She now teaches special needs adults from Watauga Opportunities as well as Chinese painting at the Watauga Art Council.  She has given lectures and demonstrations at the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach Florida. Her classes are taught online for out- of- state students as well as private in person classes.

She has studied acrylic painting with Jeremy Sams and Edigio Antonaccio to pursue a bucket list dream of painting the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains where she now lives.  

Her work is has been in numerous shows throughout Florida, as well as the Charles Sumner Museum in Washington, D.C. Susan paintings are in collections throughout the United States and Europe.  She participated in the Artist in Residence program at the Edgewood Cottage in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.   

​Susan now lives in Boone North Carolina, and is a member of the High Country Water Media Society.