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What’s New This Time!

Watercolor of Felder Ann

Felder Ann

I just finished my first commissioned portrait, and it was a stretch!! The difficulty with doing a portrait for someone you know is that it needs to look like them…obviously.

Closeup of Felder Ann watercolor portrait

Closeup of Felder Ann

 Felder Ann has the most extraordinary eyes. I’m delighted that her parents felt that I captured them in the painting. Unfortunately, the photographs don’t capture the painting very well. New camera, wrong setting…

watercolor of "Going Home"

"Going Home"

I did this painting of “Going Home” a while ago from my imagination. It got triggered when I saw a large woman with her baby on her back during a fire drill in an apartment building in Alexandria, VA. That got combined with images from Saba, an island in the Caribbean, that had stuck in my mind. More and more, I see that I’m moved by scenes of vulnerability and light.

I want to redo this painting in time for the Telfair Museum Show in Savannah, November 11th. This time I’ll get a model (it might have to be my daughter, Katrina – I’ll just fatten her up…more Starbucks).
This is a big show, and I’ve promised myself I’d have a unified look. I’ll post things as I complete them.

Thanks!

Sarah

6 Thoughts on “What’s New This Time!

  1. georgie mallett on September 16, 2011 at 3:27 pm said:

    Margaret forwarded this to me after I spoke with you this morning
    I had no idea how fantastic your work is
    You can sense such life in your subjects

  2. W. Blaise Dismer on September 9, 2011 at 8:56 am said:

    What a beautiful gift you have, Sarah. Thank you for sharing it.

  3. Sarah,
    Wonderful work! I’ve always loved your style. Thanks for sending and so glad to read about Telfair. Don and I were there a few years go and loved the place.
    Betsy

  4. Donna Lewis on September 8, 2011 at 10:18 pm said:

    Sweet Sarah-

    I love your artwork. You have such a gift. Beautiful portrait! Thanks for sending me this note about your blog!

    Hugs to you!
    Missy Donna

  5. Hugh Latta on September 8, 2011 at 8:53 pm said:

    Sara,

    These look great and the portrait is wonderful.
    Hugh

  6. caroleann eittreim on September 8, 2011 at 7:06 pm said:

    Sarah, I love seeing what you are doing at the moment.
    Lovely pieces. Good luck at the Telfair Museum Show.
    Carole

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