Fragmented Memory, 16" x 16"

Oil on Wood Panel, 16 x 16 inches.

"This piece is one of the first of my collection which breaks down the figure to interact more abstractly with the surrounding environment while still maintaining narrative. It is one of my favorites! Isn’t it interesting when you see an old photograph from when you were young of a casual event that you were too young to remember, but somehow the photograph itself creates a memory?Loose mark making and layering allows an atmospheric hazy space in which to make discoveries and interpretations. This could be anyone’s casual childhood memory.

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.