Sarah
has been entranced by fantasy imagery and literature since early
childhood and all her artwork is, basically, about creating a sense
of magic. Sarah's noncommissioned work is concerned with personal
themes and escapes from the day to day. Stylistically her art is
best described as "imaginative and playful." Her work is
intentionally infused with a sense of the mystical or dreamlike, and
not always symbolic in content however sometimes she attempts to
investigate layers of meaning, but include an immediate initial
subjective or emotional impression. Sarah tries to use accessible,
understandable characters and settings. She often likes to create
series works to further explore themes in her life, or in the lives
of her friends and family. These are not always representational,
sometimes using color or mood. Common themes of her work are the
investigation of 'truth' and what that represents and how it is also
illusion. In other words, is the physical representation very often
a true representation of what something is? Is something beautiful
because of how it looks? She likes to explore these ideas visually
using themes of commonly recognized characters. The 'Horseflies'
series is at its most basic, about the sense of peace and joy she
feels as she spends time with her horses. She likes the idea of
finding the playful child inside us and embracing happiness where we
can find it. How do we define 'magic'? Isn't something real because
it exists, even if only in our dreams? After all, we can fly off to
wonderland on the wings of any obliging fairy!
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~Sarah Pauline shares her St.
Paul home with her seven year old son, Tristan, 13
birds, a gecko named Gunther, a toad named Trevor
and some wicked brownies who are always stealing
Tristan's homework and Sarah's car keys.
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