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Su Daitch has a stroke of genius

"I picked up a brush for the first time in 2000," says this 57-year-old painter and art teacher. "I always tell my students: If I can do it, you can do it." An office manager for 32 years, Su started painting one day out of the blue. After leaving her job, she soon got a gig painting at Buckhead's TuTu Tango for patrons. "Once I started selling paintings, I realized �Maybe I am an artist!'" She's made over 1000 paintings and sold close to 240 since then. These days she exhibits everywhere from Miami to Manhattan, and has never had any formal art education. And although she loves painting, what Su really delights in is teaching. She started Arts By Su and now makes a living at her passion. "It's cool to get someone to step out of their box and do something new." She supplies all the canvas and paints, so beginners don't have to get all bogged down in supplies to start. "I can get a painting out of anyone," she promises. "I get emails thanking me, and that's the happiness you just can't put a price tag on."