Susan June Robertson-Baranick

Bio. Statement and CV

I am a retired Pathologist and Cancer researcher with an art addiction that has driven me back to school several times. My Art Work includes two separate but overlapping streams hich include the use of acrylic paint on canvas or board, mixed media, assemblage and installation using found materials.

In my message based work I research and comment on the environmental impact o f the Anthropocene. As this work is Science communivarion ,clarity of ther message is required. zfor this reason I use narrative tools, similes, metaphors and written statements usually in the form of poetry. Ther goalis to engage the viewer long enough to receive the message.

The second type of work is more personal and is abtract or semiabstracted and I work intuitively using texture colour and shape. The triggers are memories of personal places, events, words/ poems and very frequently music. Although Abstract in type; some of my work is more representational and contains personal symbols or narrative. Some of these are easily interpreted by the observer in a way that matches my own, but there is always a degree of ambiguity that allows the observer to inser their own narrative.

Education: BSc, MD, FRCPC, BA (Psychology and Art History), Certificate in Art Therapy (TATI), BFA( University of Ottawa, 2023)

Juried Group Shows:

2019 TOAF

2019 Queens WEst ARt Crawl (Toronto)

2019 Around the Bay Art Fair

2021 TOAF

2021 Wall Candy, (Ottawa)

2022 (February), Gallery 115 (Fear and Guilt in the Anthropocene)

2022 (June) The New Art Festival (Ottawa)

2022 (May&June) The Niche Ottawa Gallery (Anew)

2022 (October) Gallery 115 (Double Take)