Susan Detroy, Artist

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Portrait of a Woman

Self Portrait Artwork created with iPhone and iPad. Being female, aging, woman, in US culture, is a challenge. As we age women are expected to take less and less of an allowed presence. We are relegated to granny, old woman, invisible, shrinking, softening form. We are assumed to be a mere portion of our full self. We must, if we want to be seen fully, set into a battle for control of our own opinion and our own body. In “Portrait of a Woman” I declare ownership of self and space. I declare my experience valid, strong and bold. I assert the person I am and the iconic figure I become in asserting my place.
I am now seer, knower of the world. I am- one who envisions, experiences, feels, tells all. I take a rightful place in the world of knowing and experience. I am she who speaks her truth. I am one who others look to for understanding and inspiration. I am: She who is in alliance with forest, flora, river, leaf, mountain, city, water, animal, insect, bird, all living.
Sldetroy©2019

Born of the Pandemic

Art creating during our Pandemic. I offer you my experience in my self reflection and my view out to the world.

Living in a Pandemic Videos

Trailers, Videos, Films created in our Pandemic by Susan Detroy, (c)sldetroy2020

The Betsy Chronicles

Reimagining Images of My Sister Betsy. Digital paintings using iPhone and iPad, creating a pathway for my loss and grief after her death.

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.” Washington Irving

Commissions

A gallery of art I created for others. Commissioned pieces using my signature digital art techniques using historical and current images and treasured objects.

River Views Digital Paintings

Views from bridges, platforms along the Willamette River mostly created with iPhone and iPad

Landscapes & Architecture

Images of land, sky, buildings and water, created with iPhone and iPad and infrared film.

Flowers, Plants and Leaves Familiar and Not

Digitally painted Images of flowers, leaves, plants

The Marriage of Old and New

Using digital and handmade art combining into a new creation. Reaching deep into my past finding inspiration in art created by hand and infusing it with new feeling using digital applications.

Transfer Prints Dragonfly and Cactus

Transfer paintings, created with photographic transfers, mixed media. Celebrating the worship of Dragonfly and Cactus.

Infrared Photography

Infrared images from my years using analog infrared film.

Mythic Animals, A Celebration of Animal Life

Hand designed artwork created in response to life threatening illness, using pen and ink. sldetroy(c)2020

The Abstracted Life

Abstract Paintings chronicling early childhood trauma. Early non-photographic artwork.

(c)2018 Susan Detroy