Hi, I'm Sara.
I'm an artist from San Jose, California, and Hartselle, Alabama, located in Baltimore, Maryland. I earned my Master’s degree in Ceramics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, and my Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art from the University of South Alabama. I have shown my work in over 80 exhibitions nationally, was selected as one of Ceramics Monthly's 2023 Emerging Artists, and have been published in “500 Figures in Clay, Volume 2” by LARK Books, the annual NCECA Journal, and in Ceramics Monthly - both in the magazine and on the cover. I have been a resident artist at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts’ “Pentaculum,” at Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts as a Kiln God Award recipient, and at Baltimore Clayworks as the 2016 – 2017 Lormina Salter Fellow. I make work out of my home studio with the help of my feline assistant, am married to my best friend, and have a chronic illness.
My artwork explores my notions about life through the creation of illustrated porcelain paintings and sculptures. Using figures, flowers, symbolism, and domestic scenery, I present personal themes of identity, femininity, and health to discuss what are ultimately universal experiences. I illustrate open narratives and invite viewers to imagine their own stories and relationships.
I draw inspiration from historical artworks and tales, contemporary illustration and animation, domestic scenery, and personal experiences. Flowers also play a large role in my work. They have rich historical correlations to communication and mental health, and brief, beautiful life cycles, mimicking our own. They are a reminder to appreciate life and acknowledge death. Themes like life, longing, love, fragility, strength, and otherness have been depicted in art throughout history, and motivate my work as well. I hope my artwork causes viewers to pause, reflect, and relate.
My artwork explores my notions about life through the creation of illustrated porcelain paintings and sculptures. Using figures, flowers, symbolism, and domestic scenery, I present personal themes of identity, femininity, and health to discuss what are ultimately universal experiences. I illustrate open narratives and invite viewers to imagine their own stories and relationships.
I draw inspiration from historical artworks and tales, contemporary illustration and animation, domestic scenery, and personal experiences. Flowers also play a large role in my work. They have rich historical correlations to communication and mental health, and brief, beautiful life cycles, mimicking our own. They are a reminder to appreciate life and acknowledge death. Themes like life, longing, love, fragility, strength, and otherness have been depicted in art throughout history, and motivate my work as well. I hope my artwork causes viewers to pause, reflect, and relate.
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