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Suzanne Berton

Her Biography - Her Poetry

A Francophone girl, Suzanne Berton was born in 1956 in Sudbury, Ontario. Influenced by her Father's love for drawing, she inherited his talent at an early age. However, it wasn't until she turned 30 that she began her real journey of discovery in art.

For several years she did figure drawing at Thunder Bay's Art Gallery located at Confederation College, studying the human form. In addition to this, she took many night courses in art to develop her skill. A simple course in drawing at Confederation College made a difference in her talent. Suzanne has worked for more than 25 years developing her skill and style, which includes pencil or ink drawings, watercolour and acrylic portraits, landscapes and still life through everyday practice. In her view, drawing portraits is her strongest talent.

In 1990, she sold a body of work to the Ontario Government and her works can still be seen in a few of Sudbury Ontario's Government buildings. In 2004, she displayed some of her artwork at the Canadian Mental Health Association in Kingston. Also in 2004, her work can be viewed on different pages of www.CANGRANDS.com. Her work is also being shown on other web sites in Canada and she hopes more will do so in the future.
In May of this year, she presented a body of work at the Gallery Les coups-montés at the Salon Brisebois of the Frontenac cultural centre on Dalton. She is preparing to show her art in October of this year at the Upstairs Gallery of Kingston.

In Kingston, Ontario, her wood relief carvings were born from a desire to simply give it a try. Suzanne really enjoys this means of transmitting her talent and ideas and she hopes to share her talent with the public.

Une fille francophone, Suzanne Berton est née en 1956 à Sudbury, Ontario. Influencé par l'amour de dessin de son père, elle a hérité ce talent très jeune. Pourtant, ce n'est pas depuis l'âge de 30 ans qu'elle a commencé ce chemin de découverte des beaux-arts.

Pour quelques années elle a fait le dessin de la forme humaine dans la galerie à Thunder Bay sur les lieux du collège Confédération. En plus, elle a enregistré dans plusieurs autres leçons des arts pour développer son talent au travers des années. Une leçon simple de dessin au collège Confédération a fait un gros impact sur l'évolution de son art. Suzanne a travaillé plus de 25 ans en développant son habilité qui comprend du dessin crayon ou encre, portraits en aquarelle et acrylique, paysage et nature morte. Dans son opinion, ses dessins portraits sont son plus grand atout.

En 1990, elle a vendu une collection d'œuvre au gouvernement d'Ontario et ses toiles sont affichées aujourd'hui-même dans quelques-unes unes des immeubles gouvernementales à Sudbury. En 2004, elle a montré des œuvres à l'association canadienne pour la santé mentale à Kingston, Ontario. En 2004, un nombre de ses œuvres sont utilisées sur certaines pages du site www.CANGRANDS.com. En 2004, elle a montré ses œuvres dans une exposition dans la galerie Les coups-montés au Salon Brisebois du Centre culturel Frontenac aussi à Kingston. Maintenant elle se prépare pour une autre exposition dans la galerie UPSTAIRS GALLERY tout le mois d'octobre.

A Kingston, Ontario, ses bois, relief peint sont nées d'un désire de simplement le faire. Suzanne aime dévoiler ses idées et son talent; elle veut partager ce talent avec le publique.

She is pleased to say that she completed an art exhibit here in Kingston at the Centre culturel Frontenac on Dalton in May of 2004. Her art is being used on a couple of web sites, CANGRAND.com, Kingcore Holdings Ltd. Artisan Alley, and others. In addition to her art, Suzanne has spent years writing creatively and thirty four of her pieces are now published on My Town.

View her paintings online:
Artabus

Email her: [email protected]

Big shots
by Suzanne Berton

I met the big shots
In a town of concrete
Rubbing shoulders
Metal clinking
At their breasts

They lived and danced
In a wooden hall
Sharing stories
Spitting words
From stoned hearts

I observed from the corner
Big shots splitting teeth
Bragging up storms and gales
Mouths agape
Full of air

I left the big shots
In their stalls
Saluting statues
Cold, lifeless images
Pillars of themselves.

*SUZANNE BERTON*
Kingston, Canada's First Capital