Suzanne Scott is an award winning artist and illustrator based in Dundee, working under the name WhimSicAL LusH.

She loves going on inky adventures and adores noticing the little things in life that so often pass us by. She is inspired by the joys and playfulness that nature provides and embracing those wonderful curious nostalgic childhood memories that often feel like dreams.

Helping others find their voice through art is also a great passion of Suzanne’s and she can often be heard shouting about how therapeutic creativity can be. She loves working with people to embrace, and even showcase, their community.

Whether she’s creating joyful riverside adventures or playful wanders through whimsical woodlands, creatures or castles, tall trees and secret houses, toadstools or flowers there is always a story on her drawing board. Come and join her on her journey in ink and step into the little world of WhimSicAL LusH, there’s sure to be a journey you can join her on.

Suzanne creates unique, quirky illustrations that feature on ranges of prints, stationery, homeware and more, selling them online and through various shops and galleries. Working with businesses both large and small she helps them tell their stories too – via illustration.

Suzanne has also secured prominence as a public artist with Dundee’s Discovery Walk (in Dundee’s new waterfront), a painted door for Open/Close Dundee, a 3D wooden mural for Roxburghe House, Dundee and has been part of several public art trails, including both Oor Wullie’s Bucket Trails and Maggie’s Penguin Parade, where she was art director and trail artist too.

Suzanne worked with children and young people from across Angus to create the Monifieth Art Trail and her Dundee Christmas Card installation outside the Caird Hall in Dundee City Square during Christmas 2020 was a great hit. Suzanne’s biggest project to date was unveiled in May 2022 – artwork for the new Children’s Surgical Unit in Ward 30 at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. Hopefully helping elevate anxieties for children and their families across Tayside.

As well as working on designs for WhimSicAL LusH Suzanne enjoys collaborating and working alongside others, leading and being part of creative projects. She loves turning people’s ideas into reality or empowering them to do that themselves.

Most recently Suzanne has been working on some self esteem building, community art projects in Angus with women from the Glens Projects and helping people imagine their perfect Recovery Gardens with RSPB.

Over the last few years Suzanne has raised nearly £200,00 for charity with her illustration work and been part of charity teams helping to raise around £3 million!!! 

Suzanne’s work has featured in several solo and group exhibitions and there a number of shops and galleries throughout Scotland stocking her work. She regularly attends art events and markets throughout the year and sells online via Etsy.

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Suzanne was delighted to win Visual Influencer of the year at the 2022 Scottish Influencer Awards.

I’ve never considered myself an influencer – just a gal who loves to draw and loves to try and make a wee difference when she can.

A delighted Suzanne when commenting on winning Visual Influencer of the Year

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Keep your eyes peeled for The Toadstool Trail too, which is now a permanent art and nature trail in Dundee’s Botanic Garden. There is now a second trail (alongside pop ups) which opened 29th March 2025 in the MAXwell Centre Garden.

We have also teamed up with MAXwell as Playful Green Dundee! We are the first stewards in UK for the Playful Green Planet movement co-created with local communities, delivered in partnership with the RSA, Eden Project and Bath Spa University, and funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. We were selected alongside Hull University. Find out more HERE.

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WHIMSICAL

Playfully quaint or fanciful, esp. in an appealing and amusing way. Fanciful. Bizarre. Impulsive. 

LUSH

Extremely pleasing to the senses. Luxuriant. Rich. Exuberant.

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Here’s some of what Suzanne has been up to over the years (excluding pop ups, workshops and markets):

• Poster and logo designs for several Scottish and international bands, businesses and companies
• Hand painted murals for both private and business clients
• Book covers and internal book illustrations
• Private illustration commissions
• Artwork for BrewDog Bar, Dundee
• Artwork for Art Bar, Dundee
• Label artwork for ‘Smoked in History‘, the #collabfest2014 beer brewed by BrewDog Dundee and Alechemy, using smoked timbers from RRS Discovery
• ‘Ghost Ship‘ gift range for RRS Discovery, Dundee
• Illustration work for JDRF, Australia wide Night Circus Gala Ball
• Artwork for Bramble Cottages: two purpose built young children’s homes in Arbroath – Angus Council
• Logos for Sacred Grounds Coffee Company
• Label artwork for ‘Bring Out The Imp‘ beer by Alechemy
• Artwork for TeaPigs
• Illustration work for Dundee City Council
• Van design for iartsupplies
• Illustration and art based group work for Who Cares? Scotland & Angus Council
• Illustrations and concept work for Porter’s Gin, Aberdeen
• Designed specially commissioned bronze plaques for ‘Discovery Walk‘, part of the Dundee Waterfront Project. Celebrating Dundee’s contribution to science and society.
• Oor Wullie’s Bucket Trail Artist co-ordinator and a trail artist (WL Sculptures: Oor Dreamcatcher, The Adventure of Discovery Never Ends, Oor Pirate and collaborated on Oor Original with Peter Davidson.). Auction total £883,000 for ARCHIE Foundation Tayside.
• Artwork for BrewDog, Aberdeen
• Painted Elephant sculpture for The Big Stampede, fundraising for Glasgow Children’s Hospital
• Artwork, mural, story telling/ concept work and window display for Bird and Bear, Dundee
• Installation for Gracie’s of Broughty Ferry
• Art Director and parade artist for Maggie’s Dundee Penguin Parade, 2018 (Auction raised £539,000 at V&A Dundee).
• Art Director and trail artist for The ARCHIE Foundation on Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail. (Auctions raised £1,293,200 for ARCHIE, Glasgow and Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charities. WL sculptures – £31,800 for ARCHIE Foundation)
• Illustrations for a Swiss Gin Company.
• Wooden Diorama Mural for Roxburghe House (NHS Tayside).
• Interactive Window display for Dundee Windows project, Dundee City Centre – August 2020 – Commissioned by UNESCO City of Design
• The 2020 Dundee Christmas Card – 3D wooden installation in Dundee City Square – commissioned by Dundee City Council
• Light The North – Lighthouse Trail – ‘Puffin Playground’ Lighthouse – Fundraising for CLAN Cancer Care
• Monifieth Art Trail – Artist and co-designer/ co-group leader – Angus Council

• Artwork for Children’s Surgical Unit (Ward 30), Ninewells Hospital, Dundee – commissioned by NHS Tayside & ARCHIE Foundation – May 2022
• Three Giraffes for the Giraffe About Town trail, Edinburgh. Fundraising for Royal Zoological Society Scotland (RZSS) – Edinburgh Zoo, Highland Wildlife Park and many projects worldwide – Auction Oct 2022
• Logo – ‘Shipmates logo’ HMS Unicorn, Dundee – 2022
• Logo – Asthma and Allergy Foundation (plus children’s workshop) – 2022
• ‘A Look Through A Window’ – Illustrated Sculpture celebrating International Women’s Day – Arbroath Harbour – Group project with women from Glen Isla and Glen Clova Projects – Angus Council – March 2023
• Mural and Weighted Blanket cover – Bringing the outside in! Dental Room at Kingspark School, Dundee – March 2023
• Baby Cosy Bosies sculpture – Painted for Sidey – March 2023
• Code Souvenir Dundee – work included – brochure produced by UNESCO City of Design – showcasing some of Dundee’s Designers – May 2023
• Exhibition – ‘Who Is The Designer’ – featured in group exhibition, Union Street Dundee, by UNESCO City of Design – showcasing some of Dundee’s Designers – May 2023
• Interactive Public Art – City Square, Dundee (part of Think Thursday Campaign by Visit Dundee – May 2023
• Exhibition – ‘Outside In’ – group exhibition – Roseangle Gallery, Dundee
• Moongazer Hare – The Big Hop Trail – Fundraising for CLAN Cancer Care – July 2023
• Private Mural – Treehouse – July 2023
• Wayfinding Bird signs – NHS Tayside – August 2023
• Toadstool Trail Pilot Launch – Botanic Garden, Dundee – October 2023
• Large Stand Ups – For Edinburghs Christmas – Ride heights – November 2023
• Gracie’s of Broughty Ferry – Christmas Window Display – November 2023
• ‘Exploding Christmas Tree’ – co-created and designed with Louise Forbes – for UNESCO City of Design’s “Dundee Designer’s Christmas Trees” project – November 2023
• ‘Sit With Us’ – 2 public art benches – Group project with women from Glen Isla and Glen Clova Projects – Angus Council – Unveiled December 2023
• Little Book of BIG Riverside Adventures – Playbook and colouring sheets for children at Tayside Children’s Hospital – Funded by the Archie Foundation – Launched January 2024
• Toadstool Trail (permanent) Launch – Toadstool Trail at Botanic Garden, Dundee – March 2024
• Exhibition – ‘WhimSicAL Woods’ – Solo Exhibition – Green Gallery, Dundee – May 2024
• Exhibition – ‘Spring’ – Group Exhibition with Art and Nature Collective – May/June 2024
• Podcast Interview – Scottish Mushroom Podcast – May 2024
• Car Vinyl design – Floral – Private Commission – July 2024
• Podcast Interview – No Wrong Path – by Developing Young Workforce Tay Cities
• ‘Stand With Us’ Mural – Mural created by young people of Horizon, inspired by the Sit With Us Benches – August 2024
• ‘Sit With Us’ – 3 public art benches (plus art projects throughout year) – Group project with women from Glen Isla and Glen Clova Projects – Angus Council – Unveiled September 2024
• Map – Nature Recovery Map – with Wild Dundee/ RSPB – September 2024
• Exhibition – ‘Autumn Treasures’ – Group Exhibition with Art and Nature Collective, Green Gallery, Dundee – November 2024
• Exhibition – “EDITION 5” group print exhibition by Dundee Print Collective, DCA – December 2025
• Exhibition – ‘The Big Cram’ – Group Exhibition – Tayport Harbour Cafe – December 2024/ January 2025
• Exhibition – ‘The Nature of Art’ – Group Exhibition with Art and Nature Collective, Green Gallery, Dundee – March 2025
• Toadstool Trail – Launch of 2nd permanent Toadstool Trail in MAXwell Community Garden – March 2025
• Berry Train – Launch of Coldside’s community created playful nature walk – March 2025
• Exhibition – ‘The Nature of Art’ – Group Exhibition with Art and Nature Collective, Custom House, Edinburgh – April 2025
• Exhibition – Work from The Children’s Theatre Suite featured in “Ninewells Hospital: Care, Community and Innovation” exhibition at V&A Dundee – May 2025

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Currently working on: Toadstool Trail adventures and some other secret projects that will be unveiled soon…

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You can also find WhimSicAL LusH on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest  and you will find a selection of work for sale on Etsy.

If you would like to speak to Suzanne about her work, commissions or purchases then please contact her on suzannemscott@googlemail.com.

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“My work encompasses all those little joys that nature brings, whether it be storytelling through my drawings or bringing people together through community projects like the Toadstool Trail.
Having grown up in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nature, being outdoors surrounded by its wonders is my happy place. It brings me joy, calm and taps back into beautiful memories of a childhood filled with play, exploring, treasure hunting, learning and growing. I adore welcoming people into my wee world of whimsy. I love sharing those early moments, the essence of them, and seek to encourage others to find that playful joy and beauty that nature has to offer, which can whisk even the busiest of minds into a curious and calm space, even if it is just for a few moments.”

Suzanne Scott of WhimSicAL LusH, 2025