Susan Haigh

Salt Spring Island artist, Susan Haigh is well known for her floral paintings. She loves the exuberance of the life force which takes form in nature in millions of miraculous ways.
Alerted by a splash of colour in a predominantly green world, her heart stirs when she encounters a new flower. She is fascinated by the optimistic and intricate ways plants have developed for reproduction and survival. Often those plans involve insects, birds or animals in an interconnected dance to spread the seeds to new territory.

Painting mostly on canvas, sometimes with acrylics and sometimes with oils, her work ranges from 8″ x 8″ to 48″ x 36″. When travelling she also works with watercolour pencil and ink on paper. A large selection of Art Cards of her paintings are always available at her shows.

Susan’s studio holds a treasure trove of paintings large and small, each a portrait of a different gem of plant life. Her compositions are joyful and well balanced whether in extreme close up or when incorporating the landscape.

July 19 – 25 at the ArtSea Gallery, her Constant Miracles show will draw on this wealth of images to joyfully celebrate the abundance of nature’s garden.