​In her early years Susan Jillette (SooZ), a native of Nova Scotia, studied drawing at Mount St. Vincent
University later graduating with honours from the Illustration and Design program at Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec.

She has won numerous awards for her artwork since she started painting in the year 2000 and since
2003, she has done numerous solo and group exhibitions in Quebec and Ontario and was selected to
show her work in Italy.
 

During her painting career, SooZ has been honoured by being elected into the Society of Canadian
Artists (SCA), (where she served on the board of directors and as a juror), the International Guild of
Realism (IGOR), and the Autour de Nous (ADN) group of professional artists.
 

Her works can be found in private collections across Canada, in the United States, Holland, France,
England, Russia, Poland, and China and her work hangs in a permanent collection in the Chateau
Réaux in France.
 

‘‘My present series, Improbable Creatures (Fish, Feathers, and Fur), is meticulously designed and
painted with a mechanical steampunk aesthetic in mind. To achieve a unique industrial appearance, I combine drawings of nuts, bolts, rivets, and gears into an inventively-designed image. When I can, I like to introduce fantasy and whimsical proponents into the image. I then use acrylic paint to create textures, with stamping, dry brushing, splattering or by using any other technique which will give me the desired effect I am looking for.”