Sudie Rakusin is a feminist visual artist, author, publisher and animal advocate based in Hillsborough, North Carolina, with a BFA and MFA in painting. Known for lush, surreal paintings rich in color, texture and pattern, she creates 3-D oil on canvas paintings of women and animals with sculpted papier-mâché and beadwork, cold wax and oil abstracts, collage, pen and ink drawings and papier-mâché animal sculptures. Sudie’s art reflects the harmony she envisions between animals, people and the planet.

Her artwork is also available as notecards, journals, coloring books, games and handmade fabric goods in Sudie’s Shop.