Susan Schaefer — Canadian Fine Artist
Susan Schaefer, owner of Young at Art Studios, is a Canadian fine artist, photographer, publisher and graphics designer! She lives, works and creates at her British Columbia studio just outside of Qualicum Beach on beautiful Vancouver Island.
Susan was recently featured on the front cover of the Country Register. More...
Paintings
As a professional artist in fine arts, Susan works mainly in acrylic and watercolour paints, although she started her career working in oil paints
Susan is a member of:
- The Federation of Canadian Artists
- The Decosmos Fine Arts Society, Parksville
- A resident artist at The Old School House (TOSH), Qualicum Beach
- Pearl Ellis Gallery, Comox
Susan says:
"You may work with washes of acrylic paints, making it richer and deeper in quality while building up the layers. Working with acrylic paints is very forgiving. Best of all, if you don't like something, you can just change it by painting over it.
Watercolour on the other hand is a bit trickier, as you have little room for mistakes. Often, though, it is those little mistakes that make a watercolour painting interesting. Maybe a color has run into another making some glorious unplanned effect. That is the beauty of watercolour — unpredictability."
Photography
Susan always has her camera with her, plus a spare set of charged batteries, ready for those many magical photo opportunities.
Susan says:
"You never know when you may have to stop on the roadside to let a mother duck shuffle her babies across the road. Or when you take your dog for an afternoon stroll and stumble across a beach loaded with seals or a bald eagle lands directly in your path. It is those times when you say, 'Thank goodness I have my camera with me'.
She never throws any images away. What you may think is no good, or out of focus, could someday be used as a wonderful background, or a cropping from a photo used in a painting. Perhaps there is a special effect in one of those photos that you might like to try in one of your paintings. Don't rule out anything. "
As a result, she has taken thousands of photographs for use in all sorts of advertising design, artwork and original paintings.
Please contact Susan Schaefer, Young at Art Studios if you wish to use her photographs for commercial purposes.