Charmaine Anderson

Charmaine Anderson is a Portland, Oregon–based contemporary realist-impressionist oil painter whose work is shaped by a lifelong attraction to coast, wilderness, water, and changing light. Born in Santa Monica, California, she studied classical drawing and painting before building a career in visual design and digital media, including work for Nike and Intel. That background continues to inform her finely structured compositions, nuanced color relationships, and sensitivity to visual rhythm. Her work is held in private collections in the United States and Canada.

Anderson paints the luminous coastlines of California, the rivers, mountains, forests, and rugged shorelines of the Pacific Northwest, and the granite headlands and autumn landscapes of Maine and the Adirondacks. She is drawn to places where weather, water, and land converge—where a distant mountain, a dark evergreen edge, or light moving across open water transforms a familiar view into something quietly monumental.

Working in original oil on canvas, Anderson develops each painting from direct observation, field studies, drawings, and reference gathered on location. In the studio, she distills those impressions through slow, layered painting, using carefully structured ...

California State University, Los Angeles
Fine Art Program; classical drawing and painting
Dean’s List Honors; selected campus and regional exhibitions

Pasadena City College
Painting, drawing, and sculpture coursework

University of Oregon
Desktop Publishing Certificate

Bank of America Award for Fine Art

Adjunct Instructor, Portland Community College | 2001–2002
Multimedia and animation instruction; curriculum development