| By Sarah Burns, 32 contributed posts About the author: The subject matter that I am interested in is representational. I strive to be thorough and accurate and yet catch what is fleeting and lively. The work I'm most proud of shows life as I see it: fatally flawed, but amazingly beautiful. See Sarah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  I’m entering pretty gory territory here. Sorry if you’re squeamish or hate hunting or meat eating or anything like that. My friend Gilbert is a hunter and recently killed a bear, which he removed the meat from and gave me the fresh skeleton, (minus the skull which he has buried in his backyard so that bugs will clean all the nooks and crannies of, so he can dig it up later and have a nice clean creepy and interesting object). Anyway, Smithfields wants intensity and I think this will deliver – no? The back ground elements will all be painted in grisaille, heightening the red and gold of the meat. I have finished the previous painting for Smithfields, although I’m not showing them publicly until they’re all assembled in the restaurant and we can have a smashing unveiling. : ) So, enjoy. Continue reading Bear Skeleton By Sarah Burns, 32 contributed posts About the author: The subject matter that I am interested in is representational. I strive to be thorough and accurate and yet catch what is fleeting and lively. The work I'm most proud of shows life as I see it: fatally flawed, but amazingly beautiful. See Sarah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  I’ve been exceptionally busy this year, working on the Smithfields paintings, working my day job and then I added a pet project with a group of painters - Ashland Painters Union – we found a great space and simply wanted to put on shows that were curated by the artists. We had a lot to do, had a lot of fun at the opening, and everything was going well… until Monday March 19… Continue reading Ashland Painters Union By Sarah Burns, 32 contributed posts About the author: The subject matter that I am interested in is representational. I strive to be thorough and accurate and yet catch what is fleeting and lively. The work I'm most proud of shows life as I see it: fatally flawed, but amazingly beautiful. See Sarah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  I thought I wasn’t going to do full color, but it seems to be headed that way. Or maybe 80% full color. I plan to do the meat in hyper-color to really make it grab you. Today I worked the area around the pitcher. At a certain point I am going to stop sharing the [...] Continue reading Day Four or Five, I’m Losing Track.. By Sarah Burns, 32 contributed posts About the author: The subject matter that I am interested in is representational. I strive to be thorough and accurate and yet catch what is fleeting and lively. The work I'm most proud of shows life as I see it: fatally flawed, but amazingly beautiful. See Sarah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  Tagged: art, classical art, fine art, painting, representational art, Sarah burns, sarah f burns, Smithfields, still life Continue reading Day 4 By Sarah Burns, 32 contributed posts About the author: The subject matter that I am interested in is representational. I strive to be thorough and accurate and yet catch what is fleeting and lively. The work I'm most proud of shows life as I see it: fatally flawed, but amazingly beautiful. See Sarah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  I’m still feeling out the composition – it’s tricky because the main focus – the raw meat – will actually come later – I”m leaving space for the hunks of meat to be displayed because I can’t really put them in until I’m ready to spend a good amount of time with them since they [...] Continue reading Day 3 By Sarah Burns, 32 contributed posts About the author: The subject matter that I am interested in is representational. I strive to be thorough and accurate and yet catch what is fleeting and lively. The work I'm most proud of shows life as I see it: fatally flawed, but amazingly beautiful. See Sarah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  Painting in Progress by Sarah F. Burns Continue reading End of day 2 By Sarah Burns, 32 contributed posts About the author: The subject matter that I am interested in is representational. I strive to be thorough and accurate and yet catch what is fleeting and lively. The work I'm most proud of shows life as I see it: fatally flawed, but amazingly beautiful. See Sarah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact. By Sarah Burns, 32 contributed posts About the author: The subject matter that I am interested in is representational. I strive to be thorough and accurate and yet catch what is fleeting and lively. The work I'm most proud of shows life as I see it: fatally flawed, but amazingly beautiful. See Sarah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  The beginning and the ending of a painting are the most challenging. In the beginning, there is planning, prepping canvas, lots of measuring, setting chunks of drawing and value up. Then it starts being fun, exploration of stuff, then as it ticks on to the end, I start feeling insecure. Am I over working? Should [...] Continue reading Finally at Work By Sarah Burns, 32 contributed posts About the author: The subject matter that I am interested in is representational. I strive to be thorough and accurate and yet catch what is fleeting and lively. The work I'm most proud of shows life as I see it: fatally flawed, but amazingly beautiful. See Sarah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  So, I have been doing construction on my studio for the past several months, we put in a wall and window in place of one garage door, (better insulated and better light), we put in the best light set up ever – I can see what I’m doing when I want to and can totally [...] Continue reading Smithfields Project Inspirations By Sarah Burns, 32 contributed posts About the author: The subject matter that I am interested in is representational. I strive to be thorough and accurate and yet catch what is fleeting and lively. The work I'm most proud of shows life as I see it: fatally flawed, but amazingly beautiful. See Sarah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact. So my studio remodel is moving ahead in a major way today! I’m getting lights and outlets where I need them and this weekend my husband swears he will put in a new wall and window where the old garage door is now. Eventually we will replace the other garage four with wall and French [...] Continue reading Electrician Puts New Lights In Studio! |  DISCLOSURE: SOAR/Art Matters! has affiliate relationships with the providers of great products and services below. If you make a purchase from one of the sites below, it helps defray the cost of promoting Southern Oregon Artists, so please use our links!   Utrecht's online discounts have been updated, though the graphics remain the same. 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