City: Cobble Hill

Susan Collacott

First Name: Susan

Last Name: Collacott

Biography (English): Susan Collacott’s passion, understanding and enjoyment of art and life has been informed by a thorough art education (M.A., M.F.A. B.Ed.). She has taken key courses to enhance her knowledge in Architecture, Photography and Japanese language, pottery, art, and architecture. Earlier solo exhibitions were on an ambitious scale and garnered several photo/reviews in The Toronto Star, Now Mag and local news. Her artwork was acknowledged in three Canadian Art publications. Susan’s imagination is fuelled by invaluable experiences on all continents, witness to evidence of earths on-going creation; its wildlife in the ocean/on land as well as dinosaur resting places. Hiking, touring, kayaking and scuba-diving were all means transformed by contemplation, writing and making art. Susan was a talented art teacher who guided art students on trips to architectural & cultural sites of Europe and S. America. She was indispensablein shaping the art program at Bishop Strachan School and for designing the Photography Curriculum and the Dark Room. She has designed a Japanese ‘Minka’ style studio, residential landscapes, contemporary furniture and pottery: She coordinated an Art Show (Int’l Women’s Year in Toronto), taught workshops for the AGO: and is working after 45 years of painting. She now works in Cobble Hill, British Columbia. In these works, there is an expression of celebration, wonder and transformation, conveying hope in the face of a dark environmental pessimism.

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Website Link: susancollacott.com

Birth Year: 1948

Medium: mixed media