SUSIE HYER

Evergreen, Colorado

Susie Hyer is an award-winning artist who has been working professionally since 1976. Her work has appeared in numerous galleries and national exhibitions and hangs in many private and corporate collections. Susie was honored with an award from her alma mater, Moravian College, for achievement in the field of art. Her work has appeared in numerous books and publications, including Art of the West Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, Plein Air Magazine, and Southwest Art, and is represented by a number of galleries along Colorado’s Front Range and the Southwest.

Standing on the South Rim to watch the sun come up is an experience for which people come from all over the world. The sight of the sun hitting first a few, and then a few more of the temples and peaks is magical and breathtaking. When the sky is clear in the east, the colors in those first moments dazzle the mind as the infrared light rakes across the canyon features, producing first blazes of yellow, orange, and red in the light, blues and purples in the shadows. What theatre, what a show! Those first moments are so stunning that I forget I’m standing there to paint. Quick, get set up before those colors and shapes change so fast! Being able to paint and share this experience with other artist friends is as much of a gift as is being a witness to the spectacle of a sunrise at the canyon.

This painting was done from a 16 x 16 study that was painted on location with friends in 2021. I carry the memory of that morning with me into this larger piece, making the moments of that morning show last a while longer.

The Morning Show | 40x30, oil