Description
ARTIST STATEMENT
I collage, paint and sculpt to experience the world with greater clarity and resonance. I draw inspiration from a variety of sources from fashion, nature, and interpersonal relationships. Grebe (2023), is a doll inspired by a portrait of Madame Moitessier by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, a collection of 19th century textile patterns and personal observations of the natural world, specifically a crested grebe. An example of my use of collage in painting is my “7 x 5 in. mixed media piece Bathing Beauties. In it, I render two anthropomorphic swans in pen and ink and acrylic paint, embracing in a side hug. This scene is surrounded by a gold filigree design. Their pose and its framing was inspired by friendship portraits, a common subject for photography in the Victorian era.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I am an artist from Cincinnati, OH. I graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor’s in Illustration from the Art Academy of Cincinnati. That same year I received an Award for Excellence in the Visual from the Independent College and Universities of Ohio. Since 2013, I have been working out of my studio at the Pendleton Art Center in Over-the Rhine, Cincinnati. My art is on display in Studio 414 in the Pendleton Art Center and also on display at MiCA 12/v in Over-the-Rhine. My work has been featured in two motion pictures. I have instructed art privately, in after school programs and fine art centers. I paint, sculpt, draw and digitally collage artwork inspired by my fascination with historical fashion, the natural world and philosophy. I create to enhance and elucidate the underlying structure of my personal life and the world around me.
©Sarah Rocheleau