Susan Wilson
- Faculty
Biography
Susan Wilson grew up in the mountain country in South Island, New Zealand. She came to London via Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador in 1976. She studied at Camberwell and the RA Schools.
Susan Wilson's drawings are in major collections including 'Scars on the Heart', a permanent display at Auckland Museum; Auckland Public Art Gallery; and The British Museum Department of Prints and Drawings. She exhibited in 'British Drawing' at The Hayward Gallery (1982).
On drawing
I use sketchbooks daily. Whatever is happening, I might draw it. I only work from observation, and only with my right hand. Why complicate what is hard? I am not afraid to show sorrow and pain. As my husband died last summer, I drew him. It forced me to see his suffering and his inexorable decline. I was denying the reality then I took out my sketchbook. He agreed. It's helpful now to see those works. I understand better what happened.
Now I draw the baby twins born the day he died. I see them grow and change each week. Yesterday I drew the stormy sky over London from the Royal Opera House balcony.
