Susan Romaine has become well known for her paintings of urban environments by collectors of fine art nationwide. Romaine began her career as an artist in 1999 after a career in the investment industry. She is primarily self-taught and has studied with Oil Painter of American Master Burton Silverman, Elizabeth Bronson ASMA, and Clifton Peacock at the College of Charleston. She was invited to join Oil Painters of America in 2001 as an associate member and was appointed Artist in Residence at the Gibbes Museum of Art for 2003-04.

Romaine has enjoyed considerable success, with her work in numerous private and corporate collections as well as in the Gibbes Museum of Art. She is represented by two fine art galleries, one in Charleston and the other in Santa Fe, NM.