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Susan Barnard arrived in North Carolina  via Maine, Connecticut and New York in 2023, seeking warm water and comfortable winters. She is a Registered Nurse and retired from her last career position  as a Nursing Consultant for a national nursing home company in 2020. She lives in Ocean Isle Beach with her husband and two English Setters.

    She has spent many years rug hooking her original designs,  and continues to produce and sell rug hooking patterns. Due to some wrist issues, Susan returned to painting as a creative outlet, and has enjoyed creating art, and attending and contributing to gallery events in the area.  Her other passions include photography, birding and travel and any combination of them at one time is a bonus!  

Susan has not had any formal art training, so is enjoying being able to participate in classes and network with other artists  to learn and improve her work. 

Diane has been creating art in one form or another most of her life.  Once she discovered the rich buttery feel and texture of oils, she was hooked!  Her still lifes have been juried into national exhibitions with Oil Painters of America, American Women Artists, Salon International,  and many shows in the Pittsburgh, PA area.
After moving to Little River, SC in 2022, she discovered the beauty of the marshes in the area and began trying to get out plein air painting weekly.  She goes to Vereen Gardens on Thursdays as much as possible.   She is happy to find a great group of artists in the Waterway Art League.

Randy and his wife, Christine, moved to Sunset Beach in 2021.   Christine is an established oil painter and an active member of Waterway Art Association.   After retiring from Microsoft, Randy started up a successful small business which he sold in 2017.   Randy spends his time managing the business and technology aspects of Christine’s company, Cinnabar Artistry, where she sells her paintings, prints, and various products with her painting printed. 

Fortunately, I come from a family of artists and have enjoyed a lifetime of artistic development. After earning my BA in Art, my professional career began in advertising/publishing for Fortune 500 companies in the NY metro area, including Beneficial Finance Co., Bell Laboratories, and Cadence Industries. My dream was to become an interior designer and mid-career, I joined Ethan Allen's team of designers. Most recently, I founded my own upscale resale and interior design store, The Tag Sale Shoppe, which continues today under new ownership.  Since moving to NC, I happily discovered The Waterway Art Association and I am proud to be serving as it's current President. 

Retired in 2021 after 40+ years as a non-profit fundraiser and event planner.  Moved to SC a little over 2 years ago from Maryland, where I was born and raised.  Regained my love of acrylic painting about 5 years ago after a 30 year break raising a family, and began by painting pictures for gifts for friends and family.  Usually paint from photographs, and try to make my paintings look as realistic as I can.