Susan attended drawing classes at Noarlunga Tafe in 1990 which then led to painting with acrylics.  After attending many workshops and master classes with local and interstate artists since then, Susan now paints with pastels, oils and acrylics and also works with clay, mosaics and stone.  She enjoys painting most subjects but her main focus is wildlife. Her paintings are a result of her own observations in the field together with sketches, photos, notes and memories.

Susan has exhibited regularly since 1992 in galleries, various other venues and Apex and Rotary Shows in one, two and three person as well as many group exhibitions.

Susan has won a number of awards, some of these being 1st Prize Mixed Media - Flagstaff Hill Rotary Show; 1st Prize Novice Relief Carving – National Gem and Mineral Show; 2nd Overall Prize - Solar Art Show; and 2nd Prize Contemporary Section - Flagstaff Hill Rotary Show.  She has also been a finalist in the SA Portrait Prize and the Brighton Jetty Sculptures by the Sea.

As well as belonging to the Pastel Artists of South Australia, Susan is a Fellow of the Royal South Australia Society of Arts and a member of the Red House Group. She is a past founding member of Off The Slate Gallery in Willunga and a past member of Painters of the Flinders Ranges.