Suzanne has been drawing and painting animals since her childhood in Manitouwadge, a small mining community in Northwestern Ontario.
She went on to study at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto where she specialized in colour and design. After over ten years of abstract painting, Suzanne returned to her original love of animals and nature and they are now the focus of her work. Her strong sense of colour combined with her ability to convey the distinctive personality of each animal make her portraits compellingly lifelike.
“I try to capture the spirit of the animal. I want the viewer to feel the animal could step out of the picture.”
The Bear Project
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The Bear Project is a compilation of original paintings about bears as they interact with humans at dump sites around Northern Ontario. Who's in who's space... a visual documentary of man and animals' coexistence. It consists of over 40 paintings from small portraits to large canvas.
"I met you at the Awaken Arts Festival in Sault Saint Marie, Ontario. I thought your paintings of bears were AMAZING!! I love how they are in the way of abstract but yet modern." Ben D. A project supported by: |
Art Commissions:
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Animal portraits are a reflection of my love of animals and compulsion to capture their personalities and emotions on canvas. Drawing a anatomically correct rendition is easy, capturing their soul is much more difficult. It takes patience and passion. more info about commission animal portraits
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