Hello!

Do you remember playing in autumn leaves as a child — the smell of earth and trees, the light filtering through the branches? Or the moment you noticed the impossibly fragile beauty of a skeleton leaf? This is where my art begins.

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I’m Susanne, a self taught multi-disciplinary abstract artist with studios in Kiawah Island, SC and Raleigh, NC. While many artists paint pictures of  the landscape, I zoom in close and create art with it. Using ecological elements that sustain and underpin the landscapes around us, my vibrant mixed media artwork brings Nature's hidden world directly onto the canvas via preserved leaves, intricate mosses and natural pigments.

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Living in a coastal preserve has taught me that the smallest forms hold the greatest stories. Striated foliage, trailing Spanish moss, bug-nibbled fragments... these things not only add beautiful color and shapes to my paintings, they authentically tell Nature's story of resilience and interdependence. These themes mirror our human experience, and are the heart of my work.  

I also work with a 180 year old camera-less photography process called cyanotype, which I describe as painting with sunlight. Like a time capsule, cyanotype enables me to capture and preserve moments in nature's ever-unfolding story. You can learn more about cyanotype HERE. I’m drawn to layered textures, the flow of pigment across raw surfaces, and the intersection of light and shadow...conceptually representing the in-between spaces where depth, meaning, and faith often take shape.

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Working in tandem with Nature has deepened my appreciation for imperfection as beauty, an understanding echoed in the Japanese philosophies of wabi-sabi and kinsugi (mending broken pottery with gold). You’ll often see delicate gold lines in my work, a quiet nod to this way of seeing.  

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​I’m so glad you’re here! I'm dedicated to making art that matters, that celebrates something worthy, and that brings beauty and awareness into your world...just as creating it brings joy and meaning into mine.