SooZ

Susan Jillette (SooZ), based in Nova Scotia, holds honours from Dawson College’s Illustration and Design program and studied drawing at Mount St. Vincent University. An elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and International Guild of Realism, her work blends meticulous steampunk aesthetics with acrylic techniques to create textured, inventive compositions. SooZ’s art is held in private and public collections worldwide, including a permanent collection in France.Susan Jillette (SooZ) presently lives in Nova Scotia where she studied drawing at Mount St. Vincent University and later graduated with honours from the Illustration and Design program at Dawson College in Montreal.

Since 2003, she has done numerous solo and group exhibitions in Quebec and Ontario and was chosen to show her work in Italy. She has won numerous awards for her artwork since she started painting.

SooZ has been honoured by being elected into the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA), the International Guild of Realism (IGOR) and the Autour de Nous (ADN) group of professional artists and has served on the board of Directors and as a juror for the SCA.

Her works can be found in private collections across Canada, in the United States, Holland, France, England, Russia, Poland, and China and her work now hangs in a permanent collection in the Chateau Réaux in France.

‘‘My present series, Improbable Creatures, is meticulously designed and painted with a mechanical steampunk aesthetic in mind. To achieve a unique industrial appearance, I combine drawings of nuts, bolts, rivets, and gears into an inventively-designed image which introduces fantasy and whimsical components. I then use acrylic paint to create textures, with stamping, dry brushing, splattering or any other technique which will give me the desired effect I am looking for.