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The Online Gallery From The West Kootenays
Suzanne McLean
"I like to paint in acrylics on canvas or wood.I come from a design background, so my earlier paintings are more stylized than what is now emerging.I am in the process of combining images I see in my mind with what I see in nature.I suppose I would consider what I do to be somewhat abstract, yet it doesn’t feel abstract to me, it just feels like a natural expression of who I am". Suzanne McLean has always been involved in the arts, but it wasn’t until she moved to the Kootenays that her desire to paint fully surfaced.She started by painting images for cards, inspired by the woods and small town life.The more she learned about acrylics, the more she experimented, exploring her love of colour and form until what emerged appeared organic in nature yet of a world that exists only in imagination.