The Studio of Susie Hyer

Tucked amid a ponderosa pine forest in Evergreen, Colorado, Susie Hyer’s studio is nestled into the side of one of the forest’s prolific hills. Built next to her house, the 900-square-foot structure, she says, “is large enough to have a square dance in, if I moved everything else out. We built it so that, if we ever sell the property, it could be modified for a mother-in-law apartment, but for now it has no water or bathroom.”

Hyer and her husband Jeff built the studio after she outgrew the renovated two-car garage where she had worked. In the past, her studio had occupied a variety of spaces. “At one point my studio was an old, busted-up trailer someone left on the property where I was renting a two-room log cabin,” she says. “But it served more for art storage than actually being able to work in it. Having a bigger space lets me do larger paintings than trying to work in a closet.”

Read the full article in the July/August 2026 issue.