Suzette MacSkimming

Suzette MacSkimming: About Me

I am an abstract painter and sometime printmaker living in Perth, ON. In my painting process, I am inspired by the natural landscape around me and I also search for the mystery of my own interior landscape. Abstraction gives me the freedom I need to explore both outer and inner worlds. I am reminded every day of the value of being present in the moment in order to experience life’s joys, mysteries and possibilities.

It all began when I decided to study art instead of sociology at U.C. Berkeley in the 1960’s. There I was fortunate to study with some of the leading west-coast abstract expressionists while I pursued an M.A. in Fine Art. When I came to Canada, I worked with abstract painters here who also inspired my spontaneous, process-oriented approach. It’s been an amazing journey!

Fifteen of my prints were purchased in 2007 by the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, where they are permanently installed. Here I am in front of So Much Has Come into Being.

You can lean more and see my latest work at www.suzettemacskimming.com