Hello!

I’m Susanne, a self-taught contemporary abstract artist. I create vibrant mixed media paintings and altered cyanotypes—a vintage photographic process that I describe as painting with sunlight! My artwork is about taking time to notice the small miracles around us, embrace wonder, and appreciate the imperfect, organic beauty of creation.  ​​

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I’m fascinated by the richness of layered textures and the flow of pigment across raw surfaces. I also explore the intersection of light and dark. In life, just like in art, meaningful things emerge in the places where light and shadow meet. It's in this tension that beauty, depth, and faith emerge.

Influences

As an interdisciplinary artist, I draw inspiration from many sources. Recent influences include the Japanese art of kintsugi, which finds beauty within broken, imperfect and organic forms. You’ll often see delicate gold lines in my work—a quiet homage to this philosophy. 

​Cyanotypes

Created on watercolor paper, organic linen and silk, my altered cyanotypes are a collaboration with nature: sunlight-activated photograms created from plants and marine life native to my coastal home. I alter these with chemistry drawn from both my studio and the sea, and incorporate watercolor, pastels and reflective elements to build layered, light-filled surfaces. Each piece is entirely unique—shaped by the sun’s rays and the natural chemistry of the leaves and marine organisms I collect—resulting in abstract works of art that even I can’t fully control or predict.

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I’m so glad you’re here! I hope my work brings a sense of beauty and presence to your world—just as creating it brings joy and meaning to mine.