is a multi-talented visual artist accomplished in several
media. In twenty-five years of art making years Susan has produced work
in photography, film, print-making, collage, painting, drawing and mixed
media pieces with ventures into painted ceramics, fabric painting and
wood crafts. Miss Detroy's most prolific areas are in print-making, ink
paintings and photography. Exhibiting and teaching locally and
nationally she is known in several fields as an exceptional artist.
Miss Detroy's print making is a unique blend using a variety of
historic photographic processes, transfers and applied color. The prints
range in size and fall into four loose categories of Dragonfly, Cactus,
Water world and Personal Family imagery.Most recently Susan began a series of brilliant and fanciful ink paintings, depicting mythical animals, created in a colorful Folklorico fashion. Spiritual in content the images are also playful, coming from a carefree, essential place. The originals are reproduced as photographic prints.
Within the last five years Susan has created a body of abstract paintings using acrylic, oils and a mixture of applied media. The paintings are bold and colorful. Thematically the paintings are wilder and rely on an interior psychic connection. Susan's photography skills range from journalistic, portraiture, commercial stock, color and black and white to fine art use of black & white infrared. The infrared images encompass several series using dogs, snakes, and insects. Dogs in particular are the theme for many of the images including the expansive "Isabel Series." Additionally Susan works in Polaroid transfers mixing them with applications of drawing media and dried materials.
Susan Detroy was born in Indiana and has lived and worked in Oregon for 28 years. Since the 80's Susan has been working as an artist/photographer.
Susan has run a business as a free-lance photographer/artist. As a
commercial photographer she works with a wide variety of clients,
commercial and individual.