Makin' It Local will feature regionally acclaimed Central Oregon Artist Susan Luckey Higdon in an Artist in Attendance reception during the Fourth Friday art walk on September 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. The artist is featured in the exhibition "Moving Color" through the month of September, featuring newly released fine art prints. A lifelong Oregonian, Susan Luckey Higdon is well known for capturing the essence of Oregon's dramatic landscapes, from mountain peaks to wild rivers, especially the high Cascade lakes and streams. Her motivation was to do something completely creative for herself, working intuitively and moving color around for sheer joy. In the beginning, because she didn't have a studio, Susan used soft pastels because of the pure, vivid colors, which gave immediate, gratifying results.