Howard Su was born and grew up in Guangzhou, China. He began painting at high school where he become a lover of arts at the age of twelve. His works were so far beyond his age that they were frequently exhibited on the school bulletin board.In 1975, Howard graduated with a Bachelor of fine arts from Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy, one of China's most prestigious and competitive professional art academies.There after, Howard worked as a stage arts designer for an opera troupe where he manufactured plenty of spectacular scenery. He spent a lot of time on plein-air painting which really inspired his stage design.
Howard migrated to Australia with his family in 1987 and started his early career in his adopted country as a portrait artist. at World expo 88, Brisbane, and Darling Harbor, Sydney during which he drew more than nine thousand faces. In 1995, Howard set up his business of commercial arts. In spite of his success as an entrepreneur, he could feel, in the last decade, something deep in his heart that had been calling upon him to return to the world of pure arts. So he did. In march 2007, he regained his long-parted brushes and re-entered the paradise of arts that he desires all his life. Since that, he have paint two hundreds artworks. His subject matter ranges from the roses that crowd his backyard to view in the nearby stations; The Ducks River Auburn and beaches around north and south shore are often subjects for his gorgeous compositions, which carry out deep tone of Impressionistic style and infused with vibrant color and excellent brushwork.