Susan Gransby views her printmaking process as a system of editing what she sees down to what she can encapsulate on a piece of paper. She plans the finished image out in her head without sketching it beforehand. Using the process of reduction linocut, the artist cuts away from the plate for each colour she prints, which she likens to piecing together a jigsaw puzzle in reverse, taking away pieces rather than adding. Originally trained in etching, Gransby switched to linocut because of her ability to use the technique to create bold images through this direct process. The imagery for her prints is often drawn from her travels to distant locales including Hong Kong and Venice. Lost Lagoon Turnabout belongs to a series of eight linocuts that capture the mood of various recognizable Vancouver locations, such as Gastown, the Burrard Street Bridge and Stanley Park, to which the artist has a personal connection.

The Burnaby-based printmaker Susan Gransby was born in England in 1947 and immigrated to Canada with her family ten years later. She earned a diploma with honours of Fine Arts from the Vancouver School of Art in 1979. In 1983 she became a full-time printmaker with the Malaspina Printmaker Society Studio. Her work has been exhibited since 1978 in Canada as well as in the United States, Japan, Spain, Finland and Peru.