Red Cross as a Blood Donor Clinic Coordinator, manager of a Seven Eleven store, manager of a dry-cleaning plant, etc.  She worked for Service Canada in Vancouver for a number of years.  She had worked as a Regional Representative for the Public Service Alliance of Canada in Charlottetown, PEI, as a regional Education officer for BC, and as a regional Coordinator for the Joint Learning Program BC/Yukon.  

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``The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity,`` said Susan Jardine.

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``When I am painting, I feel full of joy and wonder that the colors and textures are coming from what I place on the canvas.  I am in a state of joy and can only hope that the viewers of my art feel some of that joy.’’

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``I am also a great believer in the theory that the artist ought to get out of the way of the painting and let it reveal itself.  I do not start my painting with any preconceived notion of what it might reveal.  I love to use inks, and collage in a very random way to create the imprimatura.  I then spend a great of deal of time looking at the results from every angle to determine the next step.  Very often the painting will reveal itself as a part of things and events that I have on my mind.  As I sit surrounded by the art I have created, I sneak looks at the pieces and make up stories  about them that make me smile.  I hope that the viewers of my art have the same reaction.  I have describe my art as a trialogue between the art, the artist and the viewers.