Sarah Dillon: Where We Are

Sarah’s exhibit, Where We Are encourages self-reflection in life around us in effort to define or question the truth. Place, as a multifaceted sensibility, can function as a catalyst for art-making that delves into the depths of self-reflection, social analysis, international issues, politics and history, and offers up an excellent conceptual basis for creativity as well as human interaction. It functions as the backbone of Sarah’s work as she contemplates time, narrative, change and ultimately explores what it is to be where we are.

Sam Yamauchi:
From Japanese Hair to Sword Ferns

Sam is a mostly self-taught painter who came to painting in 2013 after many years of working with glass mosaics. She is inspired by color and the deeply soulful, discovery process of being in the moment with the materials and the imagery as it arises. Her approach is part contemplation and intention, part intuition and imagination, and a whole lot of playing around until she knows it’s “right.”

Her exhibit, From Japanese Hair To Sword Ferns is a story in ten paintings. It’s a lifetime of experiences about identity and the search for something that can’t be found, because it isn’t hiding. It’s about Sam’s personal story, which is a Universal story, of searching for and not-finding but realizing, and then losing yourself, right where you are. It’s a story about Japanese hair, an imaginary race against time, discoveries and sword ferns.