OUR DESIGNER Susan Ortiz is not only co-owner, but also the creative vision behind Shine Home. She has always been drawn to capturing the essence of physical beauty. A multi-faceted artist, she has worked in several artistic mediums to express her creative vision, including sculpture, painting, photography, poetry, filmmaking and interior design The daughter of a real estate developer and a successful interior designer, Susan learned the design business at an early age by accompanying her mother on design projects. Susan attended Bennington College, where she studied photography, then traveled to Europe to study at Salzburg College. After completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of California Riverside, she entered UCLA's Masters in Fine Arts program, finishing her degree in Sculpture and Installation Art. As a professional artist, Susan's emotionally charged works of art have been widely exhibited throughout the United States, including museums and fine art galleries in Los Angeles, New York, Oregon, Seattle, Orange County and Arizona. In addition, her short films have been screened at film festivals in Tempe, AZ; Wilmington, DE; Huntington Beach, CA; and Frankfurt, Germany. She has also had her book TRUE published by the Nazraeli-Press in 2001. The book is comprised of twelve details of a frame from Susan’s film Sacrifice, embedded with lines from her original poem TRUE. Shine Home is a culmination of all of her experience and she is enjoying being able to blend all of her natural talent into an inspiring home line.