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.
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…
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







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
What a beautiful gift you have, Sarah. Thank you for sharing it.
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
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
Sara,
These look great and the portrait is wonderful.
Hugh
Sarah, I love seeing what you are doing at the moment.
Lovely pieces. Good luck at the Telfair Museum Show.
Carole