Art

Small Creatures

By Susan Dubrofsky

I wanted to create something […] small and touchable and not overwhelming like the news around the world was beginning to be.

Artist statement

These creatures are made of remnants that I have around me – wire, paper, pieces of wood, cloth, feathers, paint and whatever else I find. They are generally around 4 to 6 inches long, but a few, which I have called “Inches,” are only one inch in length.

I started these at the beginning of COVID-19. I wanted to create something that was whimsical and personal in the sense that they were small and touchable and not overwhelming like the news around the world was beginning to be.

Susan Dubrofsky

Susan Dubrofsky is a visual and assemblage artist from Montréal, Québec. She taught painting, drawing and design at Dawson College, in the Continuing Education program at Concordia University, at the Protestant School Board and with other community groups throughout the years. She has had a number of exhibits of her drawings, paintings and “assemblage” works.

Susan was an editor with Montréal Serai for many years. She also organized a prose and poetry evening every other month called Poetry Plus during that period, and created a theatre set for a production by Geordie Theatre and for other companies. She continues to do poster graphics for different musical groups.