Shirley Russell (artist)

Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (May 16, 1886 – February 6, 1985), also known as Shirley Marie Russell, was an American artist best known for her paintings of Hawaii and her still lifes of Hawaiian flowers.

She was born Shirley Ximena Hopper in Del Rey, California, in 1886.

When he died in 1912, she began teaching in Palo Alto, and dabbling in painting.

She studied under Hawaiian artist Lionel Walden during the 1920s and traveling to Europe several times to further her art education.

She taught art at President William McKinley High School in Honolulu for more than 20 years.