In the feminist tradition, McEachern?s work uses the personal to comment on the social. Working mainly in colour, she combines photographs taken in and around her home, with images from different sources, including the mass media. These are accompanied by texts, in her own words, or drawn from fairytales, feminist treatises, medical journals, feminist utopia literature, and other sources. McEachern is interested in investigating why certain values and beliefs are dominant in our culture, and the impact these have on people?s, particularly women?s, lives. Her voice, though critical, is tinged with humour and irony, and is not without optimism. She believes that by exploring different ways of living in and making sense of the world, there is hope for positive change.
Susan McEachern?s work has been widely exhibited in North America and is represented in numerous public and private collections. She is currently at work on Stable Community, an inquiry into the equestrian world.