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 painter Ted Goerschner and Morgan Samuel Price and California colorist, Kathleen Elsey.  Susan exhibits her work during the summer at the Sawdust Arts Festival in Laguna Beach.  She also teaches painting workshops through the "Spring Into Art" program in Laguna Beach and through private workshops.