Susan Wade lives and paints in  Laguna Beach.  She has a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine.  She has advanced her studies through private workshops with master painters Ted Goerschner and Marcia Burtt and with the California colorist, Kathleen Elsey.  Susan exhibits her work during the summer at the Sawdust Arts Festival in Laguna Beach.  She also exhibits her work in the village of Saint Savin, France.  She teaches painting workshops through the "Spring Into Art" program in Laguna Beach and through her private workshops in Cauterets, France.  This year she is pleased to serve on  the Sawdust Art Festival Board of Directors.  Susan is  a founding member of the international painting association,"Peintres au Village".