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Dad and Sara on Dock

Dad Having a Smoke

Late Day Dip

After a 30-year break from my artwork, which was primarily drawing, sculpture, and mixed media I was compelled to rejuvenate my artwork with the colorful oil paintings. My initial inspiration came from the photographs I took while traveling in Iceland revealing the intense energy and gorgeous light I observed in the beautiful country landscape. I soon felt a need to give voice to something much more personal, my father.

This series of my Dad is from a weekend spent towards the end of his life at our family vacation spot in Vermont. I tried to convey the feeling of his isolation, and my newly found empathy and understanding towards him as a parent, who was doing the best he could do. Born in Connecticut, Sara now lives and works in New York. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Springfield College, and has attended, Banff Centre of the Arts, in Alberta, Canada and The Art Students League in New York City.

E-mail: Sara Conklin [Email address: conkart8 #AT# aol.com - replace #AT# with @ ]
www.saraconklin.com