Susan McGillivray
Price range: $2000-3000
Wine Country (Vinyards)
42x36" oil on canvas
Shoreline
36x30" oil on canvas
Night life
36x30" oil on canvas
Born
in Yorkshire, England, in 1947.
Susan moved to France in 1949 and immigrated to Canada in 1951. Since then,
she has lived in Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto. As a child, Susan spent
hours drawing and painting. In 1969, she painted in her spare time and sold
her work privately to several large corporations such as RCA Canada and
General Aviation Ltd. she also did medical illustration at the Montreal
General Hospital. With the birth of her first daughter, Susan put away brush
and palette only to resume in 1977 when she moved from Vancouver to Toronto.
The ensuing fifteen years were years of study and work geared to expanding
her artistic horizons. In 1992 Susan's daughter moved to France to be married
and Susan moved to the countryside north of Toronto; at that same time,
she began painting full time and became self-supporting through her art.
Her return to Vancouver in 2004 has been a source of inspiration, and the
discovery of new surroundings a constant delight and artistic stimulus.
The main focus of her work is the light and how it infuses her subject whether
it is a landscape, still life or a street scene. She still makes regular
visits to Montreal and Toronto as she has many deep connections there.
Previously sold works