Suzanne Bronkhorst - Supporting Member
I have loved painting since I first picked up a paintbrush as a young child in the small, remote community of Manitouwadge Ontario. Growing up with limited access to art, creativity became something I carried rather than something I was formally taught. It was an outlet that sustained me, but was often put aside during the busy years of family and career.
When my family and I moved to Saskatoon in 2000, I was fortunate to secure my dream job as a French Immersion kindergarten teacher. Over time, my teaching practice evolved so that play and art became authentic ways for my students to learn language, explore ideas, and express emotion.
When I retired in 2021, I devoted myself to painting daily. My work is deeply informed by the many children I taught — my most important teachers — with pieces often named after students or inspired by the imaginative worlds I witnessed through their art. My hope is to paint with the honesty, curiosity, and openness of a child.
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I have loved painting since I first picked up a paintbrush as a young child in the small, remote community of Manitouwadge Ontario. Growing up with limited access to art, creativity became something I carried rather than something I was formally taught. It was an outlet that sustained me, but was often put aside during the busy years of family and career.
When my family and I moved to Saskatoon in 2000, I was fortunate to secure my dream job as a French Immersion kindergarten teacher. Over time, my teaching practice evolved so that play and art became authentic ways for my students to learn language, explore ideas, and express emotion.
When I retired in 2021, I devoted myself to painting daily. My work is deeply informed by the many children I taught — my most important teachers — with pieces often named after students or inspired by the imaginative worlds I witnessed through their art. My hope is to paint with the honesty, curiosity, and openness of a child.
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