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Contact |
-ssk@saraskatz.com-
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Education |
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1999
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Skidmore College; Saratoga Springs, NY BS Fine Arts; Summa cum-laude |
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Exhibitions |
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| 2008 | Paintings, Place 215 Gallery Burlington, VT |
| Art on Hand Art Hop Burlington, VT |
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| 2007 | Aviary Lichtenstein Center for the Arts Marriott Burlington Fletcher Allen Health Care Burlington, VT |
| 2006 | National Life Office Environments Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts Macro Inc Burlington, VT |
| 2005 | Maltex Building Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts Burlington International Airport Burlington, VT |
| 2004 | Burlington International Airport Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts Burlington, VT |
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Statement |
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My landscape paintings are characterized by wide-open spaces punctuated by vertical and often repetitious suggestions of human presence. My simple objective is to create a point of access for the viewer, often employing a paint quality that elicits a fleeting memory of passing a less than ordinary scene, or bold colors that turn the desolate or banal into the pleasantly nostalgic. The intimate scale of the organisms presents the paintings as objects. While they allude to embedded naturalist subject matter, they are also a way to recognize the pursuit for order exercised by scientific methods. Ultimately, these pieces reference my own quest for systemization, embodied by the square format that unifies my approach to painting. I grew up in Cabot, Vermont on a vegetable farm/greenhouse and nursery. Growing things is closely connected to the simplest skills in making art: it requires observation, a connection to color and texture, and a willingness to experiment with materials until the desired results are achieved. |
