“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance”
Henry James
Welcome to
Sarah-’N’-Dipity Art Studio
Sarah calls her studio Sarah-’N-Dipity because, first of all, it s obviously a word play on her
name, but most importantly, it reflects the way in which she paints. Even when she has a pre-
conceived plan as to what she wants to paint, serendipity often takes over. Painting becomes
an intuitive process for me, she says, as there is no way that I could conger the resulting
outcome. It just happens. As the art critic Ruskin said, it becomes “the expression of one soul
talking to another.”
Résumé & Awards
Artist Profile
Born in Salisbury, NC, I lived there the first 21 years of my life then moved to Nashville, TN, to attend graduate school. I have lived in various places since then. Different job positions took me to Bowling Green, KY, Switzerland, Richmond, VA, Atlanta, GA, Phoenix, AZ, and Los Angeles, CA. I first began studying art when I moved to Los Angeles and pursued that interest for the twenty years that I lived there. Upon retirement from business, my husband and I made the decision to settle in Cary, NC. I have traveled extensively in Europe and the Orient, and I find much of my inspiration from these travels.
Education
AB Degree: English & French, Catawba College, Salisbury, NC
Post Graduate Studies: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN ; Université Laval, Québec, Canada;
Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Art Education
Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
Every Woman’s Village, Encino, CA
Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA
Private Studio – Marilyn Lasarow, Studio City, CA
Ben Williams – Critique Class, Curator (Retired) NC Museum of Art
Pullen Park Art Center, Mary Ann Jenkins, Instructor
Springmaid Workshops: Prof. Ernesto Velardi, CA State Northridge, Virginia Cobb, Mary Todd Beam, Carol Barns, Carrie Brown, Jonathan Talbot, Glen Bradshaw, Marilyn Phillis, John Salminen
Affiliations
Cary Visual Art, Inc. Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Durham Art Guild Watercolor Society of North Carolina
Fine Arts League of Cary Raleigh Artists’ Guild
Green Hill Center for Visual Artists, Greensboro, NC
Selected Juried Shows
Fine Arts League of Cary 14th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, 2008, Gina Cavallo Collins,
Co-ordinator of Statewide Exhibitions, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Fayetteville Museum Of Art 33rd Annual Competition, 2005, Juror Katsumi Murakami, Tokyo, Japan
Raleigh Fine Arts 27th Annual Exhibition, 2005, Juror Douglas Fogle, Curator, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Durham Art Guild Annual Juried Show-2007, Juror, Barkley Hendricks
Durham Art Guild 50th Annual Juried Show, 2004 Juror Carrie Pryxbilla
Durham Art Guild Annual Juried Show, 2003, Juror Fay Gold, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta,
Durham Art Guild Annual Juried Show, 2002, Juror Joyce Tenneson
58th Watercolor Society of NC Juried Exhibition, 2003, Juror Miles Batt
Horace Williams House 2002 Open Juried Exhibition, Juror Will South, Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, NC Women’s Center’s 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jurors Jerry Bolas, Director, The Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC, Sherri Ontjes, NC Crafts Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Fine Arts League of Cary Annual Juried Shows: 19997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008
Visual Art Exchange Annual New Works Show: 1997, 1999
Visual Art Exchange Music & Movement Show: 2007
Awards
First Place and Best in Show, Arts Council of Moore County’s 28th Fine Arts Festival, 2008, Tom Grubb, Judge
Honorable Mention, Music & Movement Juried Exhibit, Visual Art Exchange, 2007
First Place Award, Emulate a Master Juried Show, Visual Art Exchange, 2006
Third Place Award, Fine Arts League of Cary, Annual Holiday Show, 2004
LaBorde Award, Fine Arts League of Cary, Annual Holiday Show, 2003
Wainscott Gallery Framing Award of Merit, WSNC, 58th Juried Exhibition 2003, Juror Miles Batt
Award of Merit, Horace Williams House 2002 Open Juried Exhibition, Juror Will South
First and Third Place Awards, Beaufort Co. Arts Council’s 37th Juied Fine Arts Show, 2001