Glasgow Painting & Printmaking School of Fine Art

Susan Torrance (She/her)

Let me tell you a story about pandemics, cows, fake news and nature. It may be in paint, print, sculpture and video but it is one story and it is my story.

Contact
susantorrance@hotmail.co.uk
S.Torrance1@student.gsa.ac.uk
susantorranceartist.com
@susantorranceartist
Sally the Cow
Projects
Cow
Beetles and Masks
All Things

Cow

Let me tell you a true story about a cow called Sally. In 1954 she escaped in Inverness town centre, ran up a stairwell and fell through a rotten floor into a dairy. Despite further flight, she was captured and shot – worth as much dead as alive. A court case and photographs seem to establish the facts yet every news account changes the story. Only her name remains. WATCH THE FILM – Link Here

Buttercup Dairy

Oil on Canvas 1m x 1m

Crash

Oil, Oil Pastel and Collage on Canvas 0.75m x 0.50m

21 crop

Beetles and Masks

A tree pandemic means dead elms, a cow pandemic means ill animals destroyed as uneconomic, a people pandemic means you devote the world’s resources to keeping people alive and protected. Our day will come – Mother Earth has an army of viruses and microbes – beauty and destruction.

The Virus - Dutch Elm

1m x 0.60m Etching with Chine Colle

The Virus - Foot and Mouth

Etching 1m x 0.60m with Chine Colle

Blue Virus - Corona/Beetle

Etching 1m x 0.60 m

06 extras

All Things

Jawbones, dead leaves and dead twigs – and one last burst of colour. The Joy of Painting