Weather Series
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OUT TO SEA
This is one of my favorite drawings because it's a convergence of all my personal symbols and obsessions about the fragility of existence. The weather report text rides endless rhythmic waves through a blizzardy landscape filled with fragile house ornaments dangling on dormant winter trees. We're tiny mammals that still manage to have a huge impact--nature rules us as we also inflict perhaps irreparable harm. We're always both delicate and resilient, perpetrator and victim. A lot of back and forth and in and out but really it's all poignancy for me.
Size:
42" x 55" Mounted on Baltic Birch, Flush Mounted and Ready to HangPrice:
2,500.00 *Please note: This piece is also available as a 30" x 40" limited edition giclee print. Contact Sarah for details.Media:
Charcoal, Acrylic Paint Mounted on Baltic Birch.Contact Sarah:
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SNOW WILL CONTINUE
This piece came into my mind all at once and I just walked into the studio and executed it. It draws heavily on both my surface design background (making repeat patterns) and my love of folk map symbols. Each house is a little different, each "road" a bit wonky--it feels fragile and human and poignant.
Size:
44" x 58" Inset Framed and Ready to HangPrice:
SOLD. *Please note: This piece is also available as a 30" x 40" limited edition giclee print. Please contact Sarah for details.Medium:
Charcoal and Acrylic Paint on Paper. Mounted on Board.Contact Sarah:
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A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS
This drawing from the Weather Series continues using my own version of folk map icons. Here my compass also represents the steering wheel of a ship navigating tumultuous seas, always seeking balance. The little houses represent the human desire for stability as well as our fragile individuality within a rapidly changing natural world--changes created of our own doing. This one is about the back and forth between each tiny individual life and the big picture--nature.
Size:
42" x 44"Price:
2500.00Medium:
Charcoal and Acrylic PaintContact Sarah:
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AS THE STORM CONTINUES
In this piece, the forecast fills the picture plane, backwards and forwards, as it sinks into the sea. It's about our obsession with checking the weather and the false sense of control we get from "knowing."
Size:
44" x 58"Budget:
3,000.00Medium:
Charcoal and Acrylic PaintContact Sarah:
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WELL BELOW NORMAL
This drawing is a kind of personal folk art map--a hand drawn universe that fills the picture plane with a simple weather forecast weaving in and out of the map marks. I'm fascinated with how we humans feel in control through our predicting and our "knowing"--but nature, the weather, always has the last word. Making the drawing a folk art map matters for me because that itself feels delicate and fragile while also being an attempt to explain, make order. And the fact that the "map" is so homespun represents how I feel the vast majority of us are--we're all still basically medieval and have no idea how the science works even as we religiously read the words. We humans are a hot mess, but we're family so...
Size:
42" x 51" Flush Mounted on Baltic Birch and Ready to Hang.Price:
2500.00. Please Note: This drawing is also available as a limited edition 30" x 40" giclee. Contact Sarah for details.Media:
Charcoal and Acrylic Paint on Paper. Mounted on Baltic Birch.Contact Sarah:
Interested in this piece? Have questions? Contact Sarah at sarah@sarahbushartworks.com Return to Portfolio
FROM THE NORTH
This drawing combines weather map marks with folk art map marks. The bottom compass feels a little atomic and menacing and the top compass does double duty as a cold front. The curvy lines and arrows pushing against each other create tension as the little houses on their little roads seem innocent and unknowing.
Size:
42" x 56" Flush Mounted on Baltic Birch and Ready to Hang.Price:
2500.00. Please Note: A slight variation of this drawing is also available as a limited edition 30" x 40" giclee. Contact Sarah for details.Media:
Charcoal and Acrylic Paint on Paper. Mounted on Baltic Birch.Contact Sarah:
Interested in this piece? Have questions? Contact Sarah at sarah@sarahbushartworks.com Return to Portfolio
AFTER A DRY MORNING
When I first read the weather report that I put into this drawing, it felt like a poem and was the catalyst for this series of drawings. The compass feels like a star turning like a water wheel in a vast ocean wrapping around everything. The weather forecast text that rest on the top of each star leg are what tip the star points to go round and round as tiny house ornaments fall silently into the endless sea.