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Susanne Thomas - Artist 

I was told I would be an artist, actually I was assured I am an artist from the age of three. It took a few years until that word made sense. At first artist were people who were my fathers friends and he liked them all, even if I thought they are bizarre, strange or outright creepy.

 

By the time I was 12 I decided that I will never be an artist because that old man with the scar across his face, the one who lived in a room with paintbrushes and pictures that were covered in cobwebs looked at me as if he was about to eat me alive.

 

By the age of 16 I had seen more than enough of art, classical music, old buildings, medieval churches, galleries and museums and heard endless discussions among artists about - art.

 

You get the idea, I was ready to live and art was something that was for people to worship once the artist is dead. 

 

I was interested in many things and art was really no priority. I did what most people do, school, getting married, raising children, earning money, traveling, learning about life and myself. All the while I had two habits that served me well:

 

If I needed to focus and get clarity on something, I would sit down and write. I would also write down ideas and impressions because I noticed that life has a way of making me forget if I don't fix them into words that can be found later on. The second habit was to paint or scribble or draw when I had no words, mostly when in an emotional storm of sorts that made thinking difficult. The result varied but it was never meant to be understood by anyone else, not even looked at. 

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I think nowadays this would be called art therapy and writing therapy, reframing the story and expressing emotions. I happen to think that it's nothing new, as for the artists I got to know in my lifetime, they were all in a perpetual therapy, presenting art and getting feedback is nothing but. 

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If it is true that I am an artist, I have always been one.

If not, I will never be an artist.

All I know is that my mind and soul is full of stories and pictures and poetry and some are beautiful. Some I don't remember writing or drawing but I did. 

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May this website inspire you. 

Susanne 

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