Susan E. Hanna, lives and works in New Hampshire, USA, creating outdoor scenes in oils, often on copper or aluminum panels. Her work explores encounters with light, capturing the joy she feels when seeing light glowing through the leaves, across the sky, or skittering along wave tops and eddies. Patrons have described her art as serene.

Susan is a self-taught artist who has practiced in oils for over fifty years. She earned her Bachelor of Arts with majors in unrelated fields. After working for many years and raising a family, she earned her Juris Doctor and practiced law for several years. During these times, Susan continued to paint. She credits decades of actively observing her surroundings with her ability to recreate what she sees through a lens of appreciation. She often states that there is beauty everywhere if one simply looks. 

Susan has exhibited in widely in New Hampshire with additional shows and representation in Maine and Massachusetts. Her paintings hang in homes and businesses throughout the United States.