“When you look at a piece and
you’re able to go back and see,
‘Oh, this is what it looked like back
then,’” Sarah mused.
Sarah is far from the flamboyant artist-type, or those who seem
shrouded in some aesthetic glory,
separate from mere mortals. Such
thoughts never enter her mind.
With her, it’s you get out what you
put in. Constancy and dedication
are rewarded.
“I think that anyone can learn the
techniques, if it’s something you
really want to do, if you’re willing
to go and take classes,” she said.
“Because I think people are really
scared — people who haven’t done
that before [painting] — and they
say, ‘Oh no, that’s a really special
person; that’s an artist!’ I don’t
think like that as far as learning the
techniques of how to paint.”
JULY 2015
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
Her great influence was her
instructor at art school, Joshua
Rose. She appreciates the work of
German Expressionist painter Franz
Marc (1880-1916); French master
Claude Monet (1840-1926), one
of the founders of Impressionism;
and Monet’s contemporary Mary
Cassatt (1844-1926), an Americanborn Impressionist. She also went
through a “flower period” and is
inspired by the work of Post
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