My father told me at a very young age,
"Sah, there are no new stories. It's how you tell the stories they already know. You've got to move them."
this story I am telling with my art is a study of light, movement and the mercurial elements of feelings. Painting a cloud is not rocket science, it's not new. The chemistry of nature is a moving and emotional science.... Immensely moving.....Immensely intimate......
The escape, the flight, the travel, the hope, the mystery, the sheer intangible mass of these clouds.
The profound weight and girth of a sky is a language that i attempt to capture. different voices with different dialects.
There is unrelenting poignancy in a cloud that feels familiar, and very human.
Like someone you love finally taking flight in their life -
or paradoxically like one spiraling out of control.
We sit back and watch the clouds form, take shapes, gather, or even dissipate to nothing but empty space -
a communion happens and all that mass is shifting and struggling for form inside of us as well, speaking someone's truth.
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There is great contemplation for us in the skies.
it is never the same twice. voyage is beckoning... Go."
-Sarah Essex
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Sarah Essex is an american artist selling and exposing her paintings internationally. she splits her time between Los Angeles and the southwest of France, near bordeaux, restoring a 17c manor. raised by two artists between the west coast and east coast she became adept at gleaning and learning between the cracks. Formally educated at ucla in the design and theater departments, she graduated with ambition and tenacity.
A professional lifetime in the performing and decorative arts has offered an eclectic life to draw upon. raising children, and herself, in both europe and america, blur the cultural boundaries, creating a blend of tradition and irreverence.
Self taught and intuitive, this artist strives to evoke emotion from her audience. themes of hope, loss, striving, and shining continue to be explored by her works. The artist adds, "my wish is that someone who owns, and then lives with one of my pieces, keeps finding new meaning in the shapes and colors, ...like they do in themselves."
