Nature has always spoken to Charity Anderson. Born in 1991, Charity grew up along the Logan River, and the slopes of the Wellsville Mountains. Being raised in Cache Valley, Utah helped cultivate her love for the outdoors.

While attending college at Brigham Young University-Idaho, Charity's life changed with the introduction of oil painting. She quickly became captivated with the medium, and expressed that mixing the smooth oil paint was "exhilarating." Soon after being introduced to oils, she took her first plein air class and was delighted in the experience of merging her two passions; nature and painting. Today Charity continues to regularly paint on location, observing nature and recording her experience through oil paint.

Anderson graduated with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts from Brigham Young University-Idaho in 2015. One year later she moved to Northern California and enjoyed capturing the diverse landscape in the Bay Area. In the fall of 2020 Charity returned to her hometown in Cache Valley Utah. She is thrilled to be back in Utah painting the mountains and valley that sparked her love for nature. Through her developing skills, Charity strives to celebrate the beauty of the world by recording the fleeting, sacred moments of the outdoors. Her hope is to visually convey the connections she feels with nature.


EXHIBITIONS

2023

99th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, UT

C.M. Russell Art Auction, Great Falls, MT

99th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, UT

2022

98th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, UT

The Storytellers Desert Show 2.0, Sentient Academy & Online, UT

2021

Certain Women, Anthony's Fine Art, UT

The Storytellers Desert Show, Online, UT

"TINY", Studio Gallery SF, CA

2020

Taos Mini Show Randy Higbee Gallery, CA

The Storytellers Exhibition, Heirloom Art Co., UT

California Art Club, "Treasures from the Bay Area", Holton Studio Gallery, CA

2019

Driggs Paint Out, ID

California Art Club "Bay Area Parks", Firehouse Art Center, CA

Solo Show, "Notes in Nature", Long Weekend Gallery, CA

California Art Club, 108th Gold Medal Show, CA

"TINY", Studio Gallery SF, CA

Solo Show, Orinda Books Gallery, CA


2018

Hockaday Museum of Art Paint Out, MT

California Art Club "A Hint of Light", CA

California Art Club "Art Between the Lines", CA

"TINY", Studio Gallery SF, CA

California Art Club "Canyons and Coves", CA

2017

Driggs Paint Out, ID

2016

Village Theatre Art Gallery, "National & State Parks", CA


AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2023

Honorable Mention, Monuments and Canyons Plein Air, Grand Junction, CO

2022

Best Mountain, Pacific Northwest Plein Air, Maryhill Museum of Art, WA

2019

Second Place, Driggs Digs Plein Air, ID

Second Place, Cache Valley Summerfest, UT

Honorable Mention, CAC 'Bay Area Parks', Firehouse Art Center, CA

2018

May Emerging Artist Finalist, Art Muse Contest

Honorable Mention, 'Bay Area Life' Valley Art Gallery, CA 

2017

November Emerging Artist Finalist, Art Muse Contest

Best Artist Under 30, October/November Plein Air Salon

July Emerging Artist Finalist, Art Muse Contest 

Honorable Mention, Driggs Digs Plein Air, ID 

2016

Purchase Award, Spring City Plein Air, UT

2015

Honorable Mention, Driggs Digs Plein Air Competition, ID

2014

Merit Award, Spring City Plein Air Competition, UT

People's Choice Award, Idaho Falls National Exhibition, ID