Pepper, 12" x 12"

Oil on Wood Panel, 12 x 12 inches.

"As achromatic goes, these paintings are actually quite colorful!  The surface is rich in layers of thick color and texture that pop through, enlivening the action of the paint and environment it represents. Each panel functions as a storyboard from a singular neighborhood snow event from my childhood that plays off each other as a triptych, but they are also wonderful individual narratives too and can be purchased separately. The color pops enhance the sense of livly discovery under the snow. Where I come from, a snow day like this might only last 24 hours before it melts away. It is a magical reminder of how fast the world changes and how fast we grow up. Do you remember a big snowfall from your early childhood? The excitement of the day? The newness of the world?

My work explores memory and change through imagery and the physical act of painting. The surface aggressively develops, pulling at threads of setting, figure and narrative gleaned from family photographs. It ages. The painted surface is aggressively worked in layers of added color only to be scraped away to abstractly reveal painting action from below, obliterating what was present. Fresh mark-making, born anew."  

Sarah Dillon is originally from Yakima, WA, and now based in Lake Tapps, WA. She received her MFA in painting from Boston University in 2004. Noted exhibitions include Gallery XIV in Boston, which was featured in The Wall Street Journal, Artscope Magazine, MSNBC, Imagine Arts, and Boston Globe. Sarah has exhibited work at the Washington State Convention Center, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA, Brooklyn Art Library, NY, Western Bridge Gallery, Seattle, WA, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA, Untitled Space Gallery, NY, Center on Contemporary and Political Art, DC, and Cave Gallery, Vancouver, WA to name a few. Sarah has created commissioned work for the Pike Place Market Foundation and is included in private collections around the country.