Susie Pastor lives in Cannon Beach - on the West Coast of Oregon.

She attended Pepperdine University on an art Scholarship but was 'coerced' by well-meaning relatives into changing to the "more practical" major of Education. It took her years to return to her first love, but she has again picked up her brushes  and is enthusiastically pursuing her passion for painting.

She paints what inspires her - landscapes, still life, abstracts, and portraits. She paints with such realism that a composition of bottles and floats look like real glass. You'd swear a "still life" she painted of her husband napping actually snores!

For 23 years, Susie has been the concierge at the Hallmark where her artwork graces the halls of the resort.; From large murals encompassing the walls of the swimming pools to individual pieces in the lobby. Her mural of Haystack Rock greets guests checking in at the main desk. Her works, along with husband Dave's photography, are displayed at their business, the Cannon Beach Liquor Store - "an unlikely outlet, but an outlet just the same."