Distance

"Distance"

10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas on panel

$400

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This year has not been what I expected.  If you've been feeling stuck, blocked, sluggish, or lost your creative motivation, know that you're not alone. I'm slowly returning to a semblance of normal - beginning to teach in-person while still teaching online, and planning to spend July and August doing a lot of painting. 

I'm grateful for the beautiful things that have come into my life this year, and for the perspective that all of this change/uncertainty has brought me. Warm wishes to you, thank you for reading.

Shelter

"Shelter"

9 x 12 inches, oil on canvas on panel

$400

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....Or should I say, "Shell-ter?" 

At least I didn't say shelter in place. 

Hope you are all well!

-Sarah

Blue Check

"Blue Check"

9 x 12 inches, oil on panel

$400

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I got lost in this pattern. Such a meditative painting experience!

Stay well, everyone - and keep painting! 🙏

Blue Buddies

"Blue Buddies"

9 x 12 inches, oil on panel

$400

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 My video workshop, Oil Painting Boot Camp is on special-quarantine sale! Was $119, now $99. Check it out here!

My demo painting in the video includes the very same silver pitcher that's in "Blue Buddies." :)

Ball and Chain

"Ball and Chain"

8 x 8 inches, oil on canvas panel

$300

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This was a color study for a larger piece - four times larger! You can check that out here. :)

Green Juice

"Green Juice"

8 x 8 inches, oil on canvas

$300

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I fell in love-at-first-sight with this little green guy at a workshop in Florida last week, and my hosts graciously gave it to me! That kind of thing actually happens pretty often - being a still life painter does tend to create object-obsession - and simple gifts (or long-tern loans) tend to turn into painting subjects I can mine for months - if not years! 

Serenity

"Serenity"

10 x 16 inches, oil on panel

$500

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Flowering Quince

"Flowering Quince"

10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas on panel

$400

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February is one of my favorite months to be in Oregon - which I still marvel at, since it was the WORST month of winter where I grew up in the midwest. Things are beginning to bloom everywhere - including this Quince, or Chaenomeles, if you want to get technical about it. ;)

First Camellias

"First Camellias"

10 x 10 inches

oil on canvas on panel

$400

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It's pseudo-spring in Oregon, and things are starting to bloom. I spotted this bush breaking out in blooms on my running route, and went back later in the day with scissors!

Segments and Stripes

"Segments and Stripes"

10 x 10 inches, oil on panel

$350

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This one was so fun (those stripes!) that I decided to do a larger version. One of my goals for this year is to work bigger, and so far, it's been going well! Check out the big guy on Instagram.

Green Tea and Vitamin C

"Green Tea and Vitamin C"

10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas

$350

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Stay healthy, everyone!

Hoya Kentiana

"Hoya Kentiana"

8 x 16 inches, oil on canvas

$400

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The pattern of the leaves, the pattern of the shadows, the pattern on the bowl...this was a very meditative painting to create!

Where Have You Been?

I had a fantastic Fall. 

I got to spend a month painting at an artist's residency in Northern California.

Artists' Residencies are truly special opportunities to immerse yourself not only in your work, but in a community of really diverse creators. I lived with dancers, writers, sculptors, and even an opera composer!

The program is called Djerassi, and it was a really great experience. 

 "Nine Readings"

A series of 10 x 10 inch pieces exploring the symbology of the Tarot.

All painted with a limited palette of Burnt Umber, Ivory Black, Yellow Ochre, and Titanium White.

 My official residency photo - like class pictures in school! :)

Painting a portrait of one of my fellow residents. 

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I have a lot of exciting things coming up, and invite you to read all about them in my newsletter, and while you're at it, please subscribe! 

Thank you, as always, for reading. 

-Sarah

Death and The Sun

"Death and The Sun"

13 x 21 inches, oil on canvas
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This is the Rider-Waite tarot deck - probably the most well-known tarot deck, designed in 1909, and painted by a female illustrator, Pamela Colman Smith! I've given you two, in the title - what other cards do you recognize?

Favor the Bold

"Favor the Bold"

10 x 10 inches, oil on panel

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 Have a great weekend, whatever fortune has in store!

On the Red Carpet

"On the Red Carpet"

10 x 10 inches, oil on panel

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Three Spoons and Plums

"Three Spoons and Plums"

8 x 13 inches, oil on panel

$350

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The last of this year's crop of plum paintings!

Teal Toes

"Teal Toes"

10 x 10 inches, oil on canvas on panel

$350

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I'm back home from a wonderful work trip, teaching Portrait and a two-day boot camp in Northern California. Great students, great models, beautiful weather - what's not to love? 

I've got another portrait workshop coming soon - Sept. 21-22, on my home turf, in Eugene. Spaces are still available, and we have two beautiful models lined up. Join me and find out what Zorn palette is all about!

Plums and Milk

 "Plums and Milk"

24 x 24 inches, oil on canvas

Plums and Fabric, once again, along with the milk of the muse. 

Here is a color study I made before taking a deep breath and diving into this big beautiful canvas!

 "Plums and Milk (color study)"

8 x 8 inches, oil on canvas

$250

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The pair:

Italian Plums

"Italian Plums"

12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas

$450

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I was given a LOT of these plums by a generous friend with a generous tree. I made five paintings of them last week! So, abundance all around.