Although she continues to dance, now it is in front of large canvases and through her brush. Susan cannot paint without music, nor can she listen to music without grabbing a sketchbook. The music she danced to, along with the motion, colors, and moods, are what she feels and paints. This is why motion is the first sensation she creates.

Susan never begins a painting with an intention. She enters a tunneled awareness of light, color, objects, and sounds, allowing them to guide her wherever she is meant to go. Her work is a stream of consciousness, and she loses track of time while painting. If not for the canvas in front of her, she wouldn’t know where those hours had gone.