About
CANADIAN FINE ARTIST — SUSAN GOTTSCHICK
To continuously create, grow and elevate our own work
and share the journey with our collectors.
[see things differently]
My name is Susan Gottschick and I live and create on the west coast of Canada. My entire life has been focused on art in one form or another. Drawing, painting, crafting, playing the piano, graphic design, and more painting. It was even my after-school job during high-school when I sold dozens of pieces.
I'm very excited to share my work with you. To grace the walls of your home or business with bold or soothing wall art that feels like it belongs.
I’m thankful to say that I’m generally a very happy and motivated person, and I live with amazing people in a home full of love and creativity.
I’ve been a graphic designer since 1984 (self-employed since 1991). I think entrepreneurialism is in my blood. I LOVE being self-employed and have always been thrilled with the freedom that allows.
“Whatever I’m doing in life I feel the need to be true to myself. I think that applies doubly to creating art because I’m exposing a piece of my soul to the world.”
I’ve primarily been a realism artist most of my life. The methods and mindset of capturing realism don’t easily translate to creating expressive and successful abstract art. I’ll be honest — for years I found it very difficult to move outside of the realism genre. I was lucky enough to have a breakthrough in the fall of 2019 when I discovered multiple fluid art techniques and styles of abstract that I had never tried before.
The start of an exciting new chapter!
Like many others, I had to reinvent myself when Covid shut down our graphic design business in March 2020 (our clients are primarily in the entertainment industry). After the initial shock, I realized that I had a special opportunity, so I converted a room in our house into an art studio and dedicated my days to non-stop abstract painting exploration.
"Over 100 paintings later, expressionism and freeform abstract are integrated full into my life — in the way I think about art."
Will I do more realism?
Of course! I already have at least two amazing series in mind for the future.
For abstract work, it’s important to me that each collector is allowed to decide what my paintings mean to them without me dictating a meaning. I may tell my intention, what I experienced during the creation, or what it makes me feel — but I’ll rarely define an exact description (unless it's very obviously a specific subject).