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
2024
Purchase Award, Spring City Plein Air, UT
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